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AAVP7A1 RAM/RS
An Assault Amphibious Vehicle of the U.S. Marines, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Convoy, conduct a simulated amphibious assault during exercise BALTOPS 2017 in Latvia.
Type
Amphibious armored personnel carrier
Place of origin
United States
Service history
In service
1972–present
Used by
See Operators
Wars
Falklands War
Lebanese Civil War
Invasion of Grenada
Persian Gulf War
Somali Civil War
Iraq War
Production history
Designer
FMC Corporation
Manufacturer
United Defense (until 2005)
BAE Systems Platforms & Services (from 2005)
Produced
1972–present
Specifications
Mass
29.1 t (64,000 lb)
Length
7.94 m (26 ft 1 in)
Width
3.27 m (10 ft 9 in)
Height
3.26 m (10 ft 8 in)
Crew
3+21
Armor
45 mm (1.8 in)
Main armament
Mk 19 40 mm automatic grenade launcher (rounds: 96 ready; 768 stowed) and 12.7 mm M2HB heavy machine gun(rounds: 200 ready; 1,000 stowed)
Engine
Detroit Diesel 8V-53T (P-7), 400 hp Cummins VTA-903T (P-7A1), 525 hp
Suspension
torsion-bar-in-tube (AAV-7A1); torsion bar (AAV-7RAM-RS)
Operational range
480 km (300 miles); 20 NM in water, including survival in Sea State 5
Maximum speed
24–32 km/h (15–20 mph) off-road, 72 km/h (45 mph) surfaced road, 13.2 km/h (8.2 mph) water[1]
The Assault Amphibious Vehicle[2][3] (AAV)—official designation AAVP-7A1 (formerly known as Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Personnel-7 abbr. LVTP-7)—is a fully tracked amphibious landing vehicle manufactured by U.S. Combat Systems (previously by United Defense, a former division of FMC Corporation).[4][5]
The AAV-P7/A1 is the current amphibious troop transport of the United States Marine Corps. It is used by U.S. Marine Corps Amphibious Assault Battalions to land the surface assault elements of the landing force and their equipment in a single lift from assault shipping during amphibious operations to inland objectives and to conduct mechanized operations and related combat support in subsequent mechanized operations ashore. It is also operated by other forces. Marines call them "amtracs", a shortening of their original designation, "amphibious tractor".
In June 2018, the Marine Corps announced they had selected the BAE Systems/Iveco wheeled SuperAV for the Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) program to supplement and ultimately replace the AAV.
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