The ACV [Amphibious Combat Vehicle] remains the Marines’ biggest priority, given that today’s fleet of Amphibious Assault Vehicles cannot last much longer.

It was supposed to have been replaced by the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle, but that dream is dead. The Marines are in a pickle because they want to replace the EFV with something like the EFV — an amphibious APC that can speed ashore — but it can’t be so much like the EFV that it too succumbs to problems, delays and cost growth.

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