FNSS ZAHA. The best amphibious (ocean going) vehicle available today? Yeah. Yeah it is!

 

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— FNSS Savunma (@FNSS_Savunma) July 6, 2023

I so wish to God we had evolved the AAV instead of going wheeled. I LIKE BAE! I think they make great products. I think the requirements are what doomed the USMC to a wheeled amphibious vehicle. Think about it. Why didn't the USMC go wheeled in WW2? Easy. Because it gave us access to more beaches! I've seen enough wheeled vehicles bogged down on beaches (wheeled vehicles at that) that I just can't trust the ACV to cross from ship across the shore without difficulty. Additionally I've seen enough issues with the vehicle crossing the surf line that my worries increase. The solution? Well just say that workaround learned with the F-35 fiasco to "make it work" are being done. When you have to develop auxillary tech to help your new tech work that isn't part of your base vehicle then you're not barking up the right tree.

What if we arrived at a solution like the ZAHA?

What if we had evolved the AAV?

It would be new but its performance would have been known.  A training unit for new crew would be required but for "legacy" crews it would have been a familiar vehicle with familiar characteristics.

Looking around the globe I can't help but think that the FNSS Zaha is the best amphibious assault vehicle available today.