New Thermal Sights for the USMC AAVP7

thatguy96 · #1 April 9th, 2008, 01:33 AM

The globalsecurity.org page now incorporates relevant program history from the 2007 and 2008 GAO assessments. I can attest to them being verbatim from the reports since I copied, edited, and integrated them into the page myself.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...round/aaav.htm

DRG · #2 April 9th, 2008, 10:20 AM

Yes, I saw that page as well. Note it says in the first paragraph .."Until the new vehicle is fielded, planned for 2008,"

Later it says "The EFV was scheduled to have a second design review in September 2008, and projected initial capability was delayed by almost 5 years, to 2015"

So 2015 until it's delayed again.

Don

thatguy96 · #3 April 9th, 2008, 10:53 AM

That was my job heh. To put everything in the past tense essentially. My uncle also works on the thing and has talked vaguely about a number of issues remaining on it, mostly centering on the reliability issues cited in the GAO report.

Marek_Tucan · #4 April 9th, 2008, 10:55 AM

2015? Why do I suspect we'll see Starship Troopers sooner than EFV?

thatguy96 · #5 April 9th, 2008, 10:56 AM

Heh, Don, at this rate would a WinSPMBT-Future with a timeline from 2020-? not be more appropriate

Suhiir · #6 April 9th, 2008, 11:21 AM

I'm guessing 2015 myself.

As to the AAVE7, yeah it's just a matter of hanging a mine rake off the bow and sticking a line-charge in the back of any AAVP7 rather then a custom built variant.
But that's the whole point - not needing a custom built variant.

As to actual use, yeah we used them in Gulf War I when breaching the minefields.
I remember some Iraqi's on the other side watching us while they were waiting to surrender and a couple running over to see what we'd fired across the mine field when the engineers cut loose with the line-charge and it didn't go off immediately ... the engineers tried to wave them off but ...

thatguy96 · #7 April 9th, 2008, 11:55 AM

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Suhiir said:
As to the AAVE7, yeah it's just a matter of hanging a mine rake off the bow and sticking a line-charge in the back of any AAVP7 rather then a custom built variant.
But that's the whole point - not needing a custom built variant.

Is there actually a mine plow for the AAVP series? I've never seen a picture of one with it fitted. Also a google search turns up these forums as the only hits for a the AAVE designation. It would appear that this is an informal designation applied to AAVPs with the MICLIC pallet.