Assault Amphibious Vehicle

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The Assault Amphibious Vehicle is a fully tracked, armored amphibious troop carrier used by the U.S. Marine Corps to transport Marines from ship to shore and in subsequent ground combat operations.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Assault Amphibious Vehicle canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf amphibious armored personnel carrier ⓘ
military vehicle ⓘ
armament 12.7 mm M2HB heavy machine gun ⓘ
40 mm Mk 19 automatic grenade launcher ⓘ
smoke grenade launchers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crewRole commander ⓘ
driver ⓘ
gunner ⓘ
crewSize 3 ⓘ
designedFor ground combat operations ashore ⓘ
ship-to-shore movement of Marines ⓘ
enteredServiceWith United States Marine Corps ⓘ
hasFeature amphibious capability ⓘ
armored hull ⓘ
bow wave fence ⓘ
fully tracked ⓘ
roof-mounted weapon station ⓘ
water jets ⓘ
hasVariant AAVC7A1 command variant ⓘ
AAVP7A1 personnel variant ⓘ
AAVR7A1 recovery variant ⓘ
hullType welded steel ⓘ
introduced 1970s ⓘ
mobilityType tracked amphibious ⓘ
operator Brazilian Marine Corps ⓘ
Italian Navy San Marco Marine Brigade ⓘ
linked to: Italian Navy

Republic of Korea Marine Corps ⓘ
Spanish Navy Marines ⓘ
Taiwanese Marine Corps ⓘ
passengerCapacity 21 Marines ⓘ
primaryMission assault amphibious lift of surface assault elements ⓘ
primaryUser United States Marine Corps ⓘ
propulsionInWater water jets ⓘ
propulsionOnLand tracked ⓘ
secondaryMission combat support for ground forces ⓘ
serviceBranch USMC amphibious assault battalions ⓘ
successor Amphibious Combat Vehicle ⓘ
transportRole casualty evacuation ⓘ
combat resupply ⓘ
ship-to-shore troop transport ⓘ
usedBy United States Navy (for training and support roles) ⓘ
linked to: United States Navy
usedIn amphibious assault operations ⓘ
mechanized infantry operations ⓘ
ship-to-objective maneuver ⓘ
usedInConflict Gulf War ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion → equipment → Assault Amphibious Vehicle ⓘ
2nd AABn → equipment → Assault Amphibious Vehicle ⓘ