Posted on 05/07/2010 4:58:45 AM PDT by decimon
Marines have high hopes for new EFVs, even if they've been met with criticism
The United States Marine Corps hopes to usher in a new era of multi-million dollar vehicles with its recent unveiling of the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) earlier in the week.
Military officials expect the faster, more dynamic EFV will replace the USMC's older amphibious assault vehicles. The EFV can travel more than 40 mph on land and 23 to 29 mph while in the water. It also has a 30mm day/night weapons system and better design to pinpoint IEDs and RPGs, which is "vitally important," according to the Marine Corps Times.
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Thanks for information about DUKWs still being in use in the 1960s by the USMC. I’ll add that tidbit to my info about it. I thought all the DUKWs had been purged from the military inventory after WWII>
Far and away the LOUDEST plane that used to take off and land at Oceana when I was a lad.
We didn’t even need to look up in the sky to identify one of those.
I don’t know exactly who it was, but some outfit or another was still using them. There were four or five of them that they used to “play around” with on what passed for beaches at Little Creek, in the late 60s/early 70s.
They were sure fun to watch in action, whether in the water or driving on land. When I was a kid I though the idea of a car that could drive in the water (or a boat that could drive on the land) was just about the coolest thing in the world... ...apart from fighter jets, of course.
I LOVED growing up in a military “town”.
I wouldn't have revealed that until I knew for sure these things are not sinking. ;-)
>>Far and away the LOUDEST plane that used to take off and land at Oceana when I was a lad.<<
True that! First two I ever saw was at MCAS Beaufort. Had to work on a Saturday morning (rare), so naturally we were all hungover. Walking down to the flight line, two of the bricks taxied past us and hit the afterburners. Presto, four Marines on the deck holding their ears and screaming.
My squadron, VMF(AW)-122, had the last of the gunfighters - F8U-2NE.
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