Wow. The USMC just set up an ACV training course to stop all the accidents and after its been declared safe to go back into the water this shit happens...

 Thanks to Carlton for the news and the link!

Geez.  This is crazy.  They built the vehicle tall (imagine your Ford F-150 on a 6in lift) so it would be mine resistant but apparently the Corps is running short of country boys that know how to drive lifted vehicles.  Even worse is the fact that they just set up a transition school and a new course syllabus that was supposed to prevent accidents like this AND they just declared that it could go back into the water.

As much as I try and like the ACV, its becoming more than clear that a dramatically NEW and MODERNIZED AAV was/is the answer.  Wheels on a vehicle this big that goes across the terrain that the Marine Corps operates in just is a recipe for disaster.

Want an even bigger kick in the ass?

The 30mm version of this thing will be EVEN MORE top heavy.  It's already lacking freeboard in the water and now its role of being able to operate successfully on land is in question?

Just wow.

Via Fox News.

A United States Marine assigned to Camp Pendleton in California was killed during a training exercise Tuesday, military officials confirmed.

A tactical vehicle rollover occurred around 6 p.m. as the vehicle, described as an amphibious combat vehicle, was making a ground movement during training, the U.S. Marine Corps said in a press release. 

Fourteen other Marines were in the vehicle when it rolled over, the military said. They were all taken to local hospitals and Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton for evaluation and treatment, the Marine Corps said.

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