Apathy Curve: ACV

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Wednesday, June 20, 2018

ACV

This is the new amtrack for the US Marine Corps, the Amphibious Combat Vehicle. Well, am-wheel, I guess. It carries fewer troops and is no faster in the water than the old 'tracks, so it's kind of a downgrade from that perspective. However, it's a hot-rod on land with a 65 mph top speed. I definitely wouldn't want to be in the back of that thing when some PFC driver rolls it at freeway speeds. Like dice in a cup.

Oh, and it's built by a collaboration of British Aerospace and Fiat. British engineers and Italian mechanics. What could possibly go wrong?

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1 Comments:

Anonymous said...: Did we not have American engineers and mechanics who could have screwed it up. I'm sure the guys who created the Pontiac Aztec are looking for a job.; 21:59