LIGHTWEIGHT 155 mm HOWITZER

LIGHTWEIGHT 155 mm HOWITZERBy Glenn W. Goodman, Jr. U.S. Marines from Artillery Battery, Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 2, fire a round from an M777 155 mm Lightweight Towed Howitzer during a training mission as part of sustainment training at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Jan. 7, 2009. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit is deployed to the U.S. Central Command area of operation. The Lightweight...

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LOGISTICS VEHICLE SYSTEM REPLACEMENT

LOGISTICS VEHICLE SYSTEM REPLACEMENTBy Glenn W. Goodman, Jr. The Logistics Vehicle System Replacement (LVSR) is a new Marine Corps heavy payload truck. The 10-wheel tactical vehicle offers greater mobility and off-road payload capability that the existing Logistics Vehicle System (LVS), which the Corps initially fielded in the mid-1980s. The LVSR also offers reduced life-cycle costs. The Logistics Vehicle...

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MPC(Marine Personnel Carrier

MARINE PERSONNEL CARRIERBy Glenn W. Goodman, Jr. The Marine Corps has established a requirement for a new Marine Personnel Carrier (MPC), an advanced generation eight-wheeled armored personnel carrier that would provide general support lift to marine infantry in the ground combat element based maneuver task force. The MPC requirement is shaped to provide a balance of performance, protection and payload in order...

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JLTV

JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLEBy Glenn W. Goodman, Jr. The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) is a major Army-Marine Corps acquisition program for a new-generation wheeled vehicle that would replace a portion of the services’ High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) fleet. The program’s aim is to develop a new multi-mission light vehicle family with superior crew protection and performance compared to the HMMWVs....

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