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The one on the left has an applique armor kit installed, the one on the right does not. AAV Survivability Upgrade (SU) The U.S. Marine Corps became interested in replacing the LVTP-5 due to its limited range, slow water speed and the difficulty of maintaining the aging platform. In 1964, the Marine Corps solicited proposals to replace meet its ...
ACV-R [4]: 200+ [4] 40 on order. [4]LAV-25: Canada. United States. Infantry fighting vehicle: Armored-reconnaissance (LAV-25) 488 Looking for successor to the reconnaissance variant, the Textron Cottonmouth 6×6 or a GDLS Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle 8×8. [5]
The Marine Corps managed to secure enough funding to buy 758 LAVs in six variants. [5] The LAV entered service with the Marines in 1983. The Army borrowed at least a dozen LAV-25s for use by the 82nd Airborne Division, 3 squadron-73rd Armor for a scout platoon during the Gulf War. These LAV-25s were returned to the Marine Corps after the ...
Germany and Norway offered to Canada a collaboration on the Arctic defence and the Type 212CD submarine. [24] Canada signed a letter of intent to establish a maritime partnership, but it does not commit Canada to the purchase of the Type 212CD. [25] South Korea approached Canada to supply its submarine to Canada. [25]
The Wasp-class is a class of landing helicopter dock (LHD) amphibious assault ships operated by the United States Navy.Based on the Tarawa class, with modifications to operate more advanced aircraft and landing craft, the Wasp-class is capable of transporting almost the full strength of a United States Marine Corps Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and landing them in hostile territory via ...
In 1996, the USMC launched the H-1 upgrade program by signing a contract with Bell Helicopter for upgrading 180 AH-1Ws into AH-1Zs and upgrading 100 UH-1Ns into UH-1Ys. [6] [8] The H-1 program created completely modernized attack and utility helicopters with considerable design commonality to reduce operating costs. The AH-1Z and UH-1Y share a ...
These were soon replaced with the M73E1 model and then the 7.62 mm M219 variant. The M73 and M219 were problematic designs and were replaced by the 7.62 mm M240 machine gun. [72] Stowage capacity was for 3,000 rounds. [73] Early XM551 pilots had a .50 caliber spotting rifle, and pilot #7 had a 15mm XM122 spotting rifle. [16]
On 18 February 2012, letters patent were issued to promote the Oshawa Harbour Commission to a port authority. [8]On 16 November 2012, a project document was released about the Saguenay Port Authority intermodal container plan, [9] which will impact the village of Tadoussac, and which needed the support of Denis Lebel, MP for Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean and Minister of Transport from May 2011.