

Marine Corps Assault Amphibious Vehicles emerge from the surf onto the sand of Freshwater Beach, Australia. 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. Marines call them "amtracs", a shortening of their original designation, "amphibious tractor". 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. The AAV-P7/A1 is the current amphibious troop transport of the United States Marine Corps. Combat Systems (previously by United Defense, a former division of FMC Corporation).


LVTP-7)-is a fully tracked amphibious landing vehicle manufactured by U.S. The Assault Amphibious Vehicle ( AAV)-official designation AAVP-7A1 (formerly known as Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Personnel-7 abbr.
