MARINE CORPS VEHICLE
LIGHT ARMORED VEHICLE

In service with the US Marine Corps

Mission Role Requirements:

  • Carry out reconnaissance and surveillance functions at battle group and brigade level
  • Strategic mobility to reach theater of operations
  • Tactical mobility for effective use of firepower
  • Firepower to defeat soft and light armored targets
  • Battlefield survivability to carry out combat missions
  • Supportability and affordability

Features Size/Weight

  • Length
    • 6390 mm 251.6 inches
  • Width
    • 2500 mm 98.4 inches
  • Height
    • 2692 mm 106.0 inches
  • Combat weight
    • 13,400 kg 29,500 lb.

Performance @ GVW

  • Maximum speed
    • 100 kph 62 mph
  • Maximum range
    • 660 km 410 miles
  • Minimum turn diameter
    • 15.545 m 51 feet
  • Maximum trench crossing
    • 2057 mm 81 inches
  • Maximum grade
    • 60%
  • Maximum side slope
    • 30%

Power Train & Suspension

  • Engine
    • 275 hp Detroit Diesel 6V53T
  • Transmission
    • Allison MT653 (5 speeds forward - 1 reverse)
  • Transfer case
    • 1
  • Differentials
    • 4 automotive
  • Suspension
    • 8 wheel independent
  • Full time 4 wheel drive (rear)
  • Selectable 8 wheel drive
  • Power steering
  • Power brakes

Automotive Subsystem

Air Transportability

  • 1 C-130
  • 2 C-141
  • 8 C-5A

Doors/Hatches

  • 2 rear
  • 2 rear roof
  • 1 driver
  • 1 gunner
  • 1 vehicle commander
  • 1 left-hand side escape
  • 1 winch
  • 1 signal entry panel

Electrical System

  • 24 volts negative ground
    • waterproof
    • radio suppressed system
    • wiring, connectors, breakers, harnesses, IAW MIL-STDs
    • 8 batteries per MS 52149E (AT) 300 amp alternator
    • 2 500 amp slave receptacles

Personnel

  • 4 total
    • 1 driver
    • 1 vehicle commander
    • 1 gunner
    • 1 surveillance operator

Fire Suppression

  • Automatic fire extinguishing system
  • Halon 1301 in crew compartment and ozone safe suppressant for engine compartment

ATGM Wire Cutter

  • 2 at driver & turret

Paint

  • CARC - interior white
  • CARC - exterior 383 green

On Vehicle Equipment

  • Tools, camouflage nets, utensils

Towability

  • By similar vehicle (with standard towbar MS-500048)
 

Surveillance Equipment

  • All weather under armor surveillance operator's station controls and monitors all surveillance sensors
  • Battle Group Equipment
    • man portable dismounted surveillance sensors mounted on tripods
    • lightweight copper/fiber optic composite cable allows for sensor deployment up to 200 m from the operator's station in the vehicle
    • two tripods
    • battlefield surveillance radar with 3200 mil azimuth coverage
    • 6400 mil azimuth coverage for electro-optic sensors
      • long range TV camera
      • laser range finder
      • customer furnished thermal imager (NODLR)
  • Brigade Equipment
    • electrically powered extendible mast projects surveillance sensors 10 m above ground
    • battlefield surveillance radar with 3200 mil azimuth coverage
    • 6400 mil azimuth coverage for electro-optic sensors
      • long range TV camera
      • laser range finder
      • high performance FLIR

Communication Equipment

  • Specifications subject to customer requirements

Navigation

  • digital compass system (DCS)
    • driver's display
    • commander's display
  • DCS interface with PLGR global positioning system
  • dead reckoning backup to PLGR
  • LRF range available on commander's display

Armament

  • Primary
    • M242 25mm chain gun
  • Secondary
    • C6 7.62mm machine gun mounted coaxially to the main gun
  • Supplementary
    • C6 7.62mm machine gun (pintle mounted)
  • Ancillary
    • smoke and fragmentation grenade system
    • 2 clusters of 4 tubes
  • Ammunition
    • Ready:
      • 210 rounds of 25mm
      • 150 rounds of 25mm in primary bin
      • 60 rounds of 25mm in secondary bin
      • 440 rounds of 7.62mm in coaxial C6 weapon bin
      • 220 rounds of 7.62mm in supplementary weapon bin
      • 8 76mm grenades
    • Stowed:
      • 210 rounds of 25mm
      • 660 rounds 7.62mm
      • 8 76mm grenades

Vision

  • Driver
    • 3 periscopes with 2 levels of laser protection (upgradable to 3 levels of protection)
    • provisions to accommodate driver's thermal viewer
  • Commander
    • 6400 mil field of view
    • 7 periscopes with 2 levels of laser protection (upgradable to 3 levels of protection)
    • DIM 36 target acquisition sight
    • low light GEN III image intensification 12 sight
    • HIRE thermal sight remote display
  • Gunner
    • 1 periscope with 2 levels of laser protection (upgradable to 3 levels of protection)
    • DIM 36 target acquisition sight
    • HIRE thermal sight
    • through sight laser range finder
  • Rear Doors
    • 2 vision blocks MIL-B-11352 with laser protection

Equipment

  • Self-recovery Winch
    • Hydraulic (front-mounted 6804 kg dynamic pull)

NBC System

  • GID-3 chemical detector
  • Radiac set AN/VDR 2 radiation monitor
  • Ventilated respirator system

Threat Detection

  • laser warning receiver (LWR)
  • commander's LWR display shows threat direction wrt turret
  • driver's LWR display shows threat direction wrt vehicle

Hot/Cold Weather Operation

  • dual hydraulically driven air conditioning system
  • fuel fired high capacity crew heater
  • engine coolant preheater for -40°C cold start
  • engine glow plugs for cold start