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Awesome. Thanks for sharing. While we're at it, maybe A-10's would also be suited for that theater.
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Thought I read that the A10 was retired....not sure if itâ€s still strategically used or totally gone.
Interesting...
"The Marine Corps began experimenting last year with strapping LAVs to the decks of the amphibs — flattops capable of carrying helicopters and vertical landing and take-off jets and transporting Marines — to make the ships more lethal.
In September 2018, the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit embarked aboard the USS Wasp, another amphibious assault ship, drilled in the South China Sea with a LAV parked on the flight deck, training to fend off the types of threats Marines might face in hostile waterways."
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The A-10 is still alive, yes, but needs a ground base for operations.
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I'm envious. All we got during Haitian Vacation I, II, III were blanks and blank adapters. We sat offshore on military 'floats' in the foreshore.
Note: A large crate of .223 rounds mysteriously appeared out of nowhere.
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I thought the LAV idea was quite clever. It can put out quite a bit of fire accurately.
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I often wonder why the Army didn't adopt the LAV. It had the 'gamma goat' as a semi-amphibious vehicle. Nothing has ever topped that piece of garbage. It was the Army's version of the corvair.
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I think of the Bradley M-3 as the heavier Army version of the LAV.