What could have been and still could. The Amphibious Combat Vehicle Family Of Vehicles

 

The US Marine Corps once considered pursuing the Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) platform as a Family of Vehicles to fulfill the armor community’s needs. It was proposed to develop three manned turret variants: ACV Tank (T), ACV Reconnaissance (RC), and ACV Fire Support (FS). pic.twitter.com/TjzXYR3hTI

— Ronkainen (@ronkainen7k15) July 8, 2023

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This was not to be...but still could.  An effective large caliber direct fire vehicle is necessary.  I truly believe that the US Army will probably be so busy and they're so small now that they won't be able to provide that capability as much as they'd like to.

The plan was there.  All that has to happen is for the Force Design 2030 zealots to swallow their pride, modify their plans and add the combat power back to the MAGTF Ground that they stripped away.

Just dust off the damn plans and make it happen!