From ship to shore to objective, no equipment better defines the distinction and purpose of Marine Corps expeditionary capabilities than the AAV-7 Amphibious Assault Vehicle. Designed to assault ...

hovercraft and the Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) armored personnel carrier. And in some instances, the purpose-built F-35B is used. These ships also have well decks, or big open ports at the ...

the ACV is expected to replace the service’s arsenal of Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV) that have been in service since the 1970s. The new vehicles were introduced during a redesignation ...

The Type 076 amphibious assault ship is equipped with an electromagnetic catapult for launching fixed-wing aircraft.

Its weapons systems have more range than typical LAVs. This Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV) is the Marines' primary troop transport for amphibious assaults. The AAV was used extensively during ...

The ship-to-shore maneuver, which was the culminating event of two weeks of combined training focused on assault amphibious vehicle interoperability ... Malcolm Dunlop, an AAV platoon commander ...