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troung · 10-19-2007, 00:01 AM

Marine Personnel Carrier
Program Synopsis

This website has been established to provide information on the Marine Personnel Carrier (MPC).

The United States Marine Corps is preparing to acquire a new fleet of wheeled armored vehicles to meet the attributes and metrics of the Marine Personnel Carrier (MPC) requirement. The MPC will serve as a medium weight personnel carrier and complements the capabilities offered by the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV – light weight personnel carrier category) and the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV – heavy weight personnel carrier category). This triad of capabilities EFV – MPC – JLTV comprises the USMC ground mobility portfolio and the means by which expeditionary, scalable, and networked armored protected seats will be provided to the Marine Air Ground Task Force in the future.

The MPC will possess a balance between the performance, protection and payload attributes and shall be designed to accomplish a broad array of missions across the range of military operations in a variety of operating environments in which expeditionary operations take place.

The MPC will possess the following attributes:
- A high degree of scalable ballistic/mine/IED protection that is balanced against a robust performance and payload requirements.
- A payload capacity for 2 crew and 10 passengers
- An operational and tactical mobility profile superior to the existing USMC Light Armor Family of Vehicles.
- C-17 aircraft transportability
- A sixty inch fording capability without preparation.

The MPC will increase Infantry Battalion protected mobility. Complementing the base MPC it is likely that additional mission role variants will be acquired to provide combat vehicular support in logistics, command and control, recovery/maintenance functions as well as to provide protection and striking power as a light assault/turreted variant. It is estimated that the acquisition object shall be 600 vehicles total.

As the United States Marine Corps proceeds with this program, it is anticipated that production-like vehicles would be developed, built and tested in Fiscal Years 2009 through 2011 and that contract(s) would be awarded for production of the estimated 600 vehicles to support an initial operating capability (IOC) in Fiscal Year 2014 and a final operating capability (FOC) in 2019. These vehicles may be added to the current battalions of Light Armored Vehicles (LAV) or made part of a separate structure.

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troung A Self Important *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 08-03-03 Posts: 4,390 Country:	Marine Personnel Carrier Marine Personnel Carrier Program Synopsis This website has been established to provide information on the Marine Personnel Carrier (MPC). The United States Marine Corps is preparing to acquire a new fleet of wheeled armored vehicles to meet the attributes and metrics of the Marine Personnel Carrier (MPC) requirement. The MPC will serve as a medium weight personnel carrier and complements the capabilities offered by the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV – light weight personnel carrier category) and the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV – heavy weight personnel carrier category). This triad of capabilities EFV – MPC – JLTV comprises the USMC ground mobility portfolio and the means by which expeditionary, scalable, and networked armored protected seats will be provided to the Marine Air Ground Task Force in the future. The MPC will possess a balance between the performance, protection and payload attributes and shall be designed to accomplish a broad array of missions across the range of military operations in a variety of operating environments in which expeditionary operations take place. The MPC will possess the following attributes: - A high degree of scalable ballistic/mine/IED protection that is balanced against a robust performance and payload requirements. - A payload capacity for 2 crew and 10 passengers - An operational and tactical mobility profile superior to the existing USMC Light Armor Family of Vehicles. - C-17 aircraft transportability - A sixty inch fording capability without preparation. The MPC will increase Infantry Battalion protected mobility. Complementing the base MPC it is likely that additional mission role variants will be acquired to provide combat vehicular support in logistics, command and control, recovery/maintenance functions as well as to provide protection and striking power as a light assault/turreted variant. It is estimated that the acquisition object shall be 600 vehicles total. As the United States Marine Corps proceeds with this program, it is anticipated that production-like vehicles would be developed, built and tested in Fiscal Years 2009 through 2011 and that contract(s) would be awarded for production of the estimated 600 vehicles to support an initial operating capability (IOC) in Fiscal Year 2014 and a final operating capability (FOC) in 2019. These vehicles may be added to the current battalions of Light Armored Vehicles (LAV) or made part of a separate structure. __________________ To sit down with these men and deal with them as the representatives of an enlightened and civilized people is to deride ones own dignity and to invite the disaster of their treachery - General Matthew Ridgway