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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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General Dynamics Delivers First LAV-A2 to the U.S. Marine Corps
Wednesday October 17, 2:30 pm ET

LONDON, Ontario, Canada, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- In a ceremony held on October 12, 2007, at General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada, Colonel Mike Micucci, Program Manager, Light Armored Vehicles, USMC accepted delivery of the first LAV-A2. The LAV-A2 is an updated version of the Marines' Light Armored Vehicle series, which has been in use since the 1980s.
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"The Marine Corps LAV led the way for light armored vehicles in the U.S. military," said Col. Micucci. "This vehicle is what we want and this vehicle is what we need. It is the most versatile and capable vehicle in the Marine Corps inventory today."

Dr. Sridhar Sridharan, senior vice-president of General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada stated, "We are proud of the performance of our LAVs. We are proud of the protection, firepower and mobility they provide the Marines as they conduct their challenging overseas missions. A repeat order from a valued customer is the ultimate vote of confidence."

In February 2006, General Dynamics was awarded a contract by Marine Corps Systems Command to produce 157 LAV-A2s in six different variants. Variants include LAV-25, anti-tank, command & control, logistics, mortar and NBCRS.

The LAV-A2 is a mobile, agile and survivable system for conducting offensive and defensive operations in support of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. The eight-wheeled amphibious armored vehicle is equipped with an upgraded suspension, fitted for enhanced
General Dynamics Delivers First LAV-A2 to the U.S. Marine Corps: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

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Marine chief worries force growing heavy

By ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press WriterMon Oct 15, 5:43 PM ET

Commandant Gen. James Conway said Monday he is concerned about the Marines Corps' ability to respond to security flare-ups around the world on short notice because of the demands put on it by the Iraq war.

In recent years, the Marine Corps has emerged as a "second land Army" tasked with securing Iraq and must buy heavy equipment, including a fleet of 3,700 mine-resistant vehicles, to protect its personnel from roadside bombs, Conway said.

"I'm a little bit concerned about us keeping our expeditionary flavor. ... We are much heavier than ever before," he said at a lunch sponsored by the Center for New American Security.

Conway's comments come amid discussion at the Pentagon that the Marines pull its forces from Iraq and send them instead to Afghanistan to take the lead combat role there.

On Monday, Conway declined to comment because he said he had not yet briefed Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

Gates recently told reporters that he was aware of the suggestion, but had not seen a plan.

"My understanding is that it's, at this point, extremely preliminary thinking on the part of perhaps the staff in the Marine Corps," Gates said. "But I don't think at this point it has any stature."

On a separate issue, Conway said Monday he agreed with recent assessments that al-Qaida in Iraq is significantly crippled by recent U.S. efforts. But, he added, the terrorist network has shown previously an "amazing ability to regenerate." Conway cautioned his view was restricted to the western Anbar province, where Marines have control.

"Are they crippled? Yeah," he said. "Are they still dangerous? Absolutely."
Link:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071015/...5QZefByNcD5gcF

braindead

What companies are competing for the contract ?
Probably LAV-III /Stryker is the winner , and I´ve read that Lockheed/Patria will offer AMV .

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Feanor

So wait it will be a regular APC/IFV vehicle? Not an amphibious landing craft of any kind?