The US Marine Corps ordered ACV-30 amphibious armored personnel carriers, the contract amount is $ 88,000,000

The US Marine Corps ordered a batch of ACV-30 amphibious armored personnel carriers.

What is known

This was reported by

manufacturing company BAE Systems.The number of vehicles is not stated, it is only known that the contract amount is $88,000,000. The armored personnel carriers were purchased for testing. If the new ACV-30 shows itself well, then in the future BAE Systems plans to begin their mass production.

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For those who don't know

ACV-30 (Amphibious Combat Vehicle) is one of thefour amphibious armored personnel carriers, created under the US Marine Corps program. The armored car has the base of the Italian Iveco SuperAV armored personnel carrier and a warhead with a 30-mm RT-20 automatic cannon. The ACV-30 boasts buoyancy and mine protection. A six-cylinder engine producing 690 hp is responsible for the operation of the armored personnel carrier.