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Inside US Marines' Next-Gen Amphibious War Machine

The U.S. Marine Corps’ new Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs) are redefining how America projects power from sea to shore.
The National Interest

How Marines Modded Their Tanks into Spiky, Flame-Throwing Death Machines For Battle Against Japan

After nearly eighty years of continuous service, in March 2020 the Marine Corps announced it planned to retire its three remaining tank battalions in a bid to re-model the force for a great-power ...
Gizmodo

The USMC’s Amphibious Tank Killer Gets a New Pop-up Missile Launcher

The US Marine Corps is the tip of America’s spear—a fast-moving, flexible, forward operating force geared to take and hold territory quickly and efficiently. This flexibility is exemplified in the ...
Marine Corps Times

Upgrade to Marine tanks will allow gunners to set when shells explode

Marine Corps M1A1 Abrams tank gunners will be able to program when main gun rounds explode. (Lance Cpl. Holly Pernell) The Marines Corps is upgrading its M1A1 tanks so that gunners can program when ...
Business Insider

Marines competed at Camp Pendleton to find the Corps' most lethal tank crew

At the end of August, Marine tankers gathered at Camp Pendleton for this year's TIGERCOMP. Excluding a six-year lull in the 2000s, TIGERCOMP has been the Marine Corps tank gunnery competition since ...
Times Union

USMC Wants a New Tank, But Will This Idea Float?

The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit prepares to debark the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay in 1970s-era Assault Amphibious Vehicles. Photo: Flickr. Everything old is new again for the U.S.
Task & Purpose

Marine tankers can say goodbye to the Corps a year ahead of schedule

The Marine Corps has said goodbye to its tanks, and so it’s letting Marine tankers say goodbye to the Corps sooner than later. Marines with the military occupational specialties of Armor Marine (1812) ...