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Marine pr0n

By The Armorer on June 18, 2010 | | Comments (10)
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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (June 4, 2010) Marines assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd Platoon of the 3rd Assault Amphibious Battalion (3rd AABN) conduct amphibious assault vehicle maneuvers on Red Beach at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. during Dawn Blitz 10. Dawn Blitz is a series of amphibious operations involving Sailors and Marines to reinvigorate the core competency of amphibious operations and enhance interaction between the Navy and the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua A. Rucker)
Toys like this are why I played the game!

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By BillT on June 18, 2010 7:55 AM
Piffle. An M-113 ACAV on steroids.

Judging from the paint scrapes, the driver's gonna need some remedial "How to Unass the Boat" training...
 
By John of Argghhh! on June 18, 2010 8:05 AM
Nonetheless - toys like that are why I played the game!
 
By DL Sly on June 18, 2010 11:47 AM
He's just jealous.....those guys get to go home and have a beer or three when they're done playing in the SoCal sand.
heh
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By SGT B on June 18, 2010 12:11 PM
*choke - sputter- gasp*  WHAT?

Chief, that's like saying that the Apache is an upgraded Sea Cobra!

Send him home, folks, his brain, it is ossified...  Must be the dry heat...

Come home, Chief, the beer calls your name...

*hunkering down*
 
By eric on June 18, 2010 12:24 PM
I thought amphib landings were declared dead by Gates?
 
By John of Argghhh! on June 18, 2010 1:24 PM
Well, Gates asked the USMC to consider the need for a robust capability to conduct *opposed* landings.  He never discounted the utitlity of being able to go across the beach.

That was setting the Marines up for the possible cancellation of their M1-sized replacement for the AAVP-7, the one that is supposed to be able to motor in from 25 miles off-shore, the latter to protect the shipping from the ever-proliferating anti-ship missile threat.
 
By htom on June 18, 2010 1:43 PM
[thinks] I am inclined to think that the AAVP is the last century's AAV, and I'm not sure how to address the problems. A hoovercraft (now there's a fuel sucker), or a submarine-tank, or a small, highly armoured Osprey (pilot, gunner, four troops & gear) would seem to be better. Both far more expensive than even the opponent's projections for the AAVP-7.
 
By Argent on June 18, 2010 5:45 PM
I wonder how such would do on the soft sands of some beaches further up the coast.
 
By Saker on June 18, 2010 6:10 PM
I found this title misleading. But, it is a very cool amphibious... thingy.
 
By John of Argghhh! on June 18, 2010 6:42 PM
You found the title of Marine Pr0n misleading?  At Castle Argghhh!?

Now, if this was the website of the Village People... I'd understand that.