The three-kit armor system provides the LAV with additional survivability against improvised explosive devices (IED) and direct-fire kinetic energy weapons. LAV-25A2 firing 25 mm HEI-T. The LAV-25A2 includes the Improved Thermal Sight System (ITSS) developed by Raytheon.

2022年7月7日 · Essentially the title. The Marine LAV is based on the LAV II and the Army’s Stryker is based on the LAV III. The Dragoon variant of the Stryker adds a remote control turret with a 30mm auto-cannon. Obviously, the fact that the Stryker Dragoon is much newer and has been able to take advantage of advances in tech gives it a big leg up.

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2017年12月10日 · The biggest difference that I see between the two is that the LAV was designed around 1980 technology and the Stryker was designed from the ground up to use todays technology and to be upgraded accordingly.

2022年11月21日 · The LAV III offers comparable or better protection than most other infantry carriers used in Afghanistan. In an effort to improve protection as a result of experiences in Afghanistan, future LAV III upgrades will likely include improved mine and …

2016年3月8日 · LAVs aren't supposed to take on enemy tanks, though the M242 Bushmaster can and has penetrated older Soviet tanks using AP rounds. They're meant to deliver scouts or pick them up, or accompany them on reconnaissance missions. They're designed to move fast, over all terrain, and be capable of surviving first contact with a superior armed force.

The LAV-25 is a key component of the LAV II series, an amphibious eight-wheeled armored reconnaissance vehicle manufactured by General Dynamics Land Systems and in service with the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Army. In the 1980s, the U.S. Marine Corps sought to improve its mobility with a new class of light armored vehicles (LAVs).

2018年10月30日 · The sudden and widespread use by insurgents of IEDs in Iraq caught regular forces off-guard, and triggered the urgent need to look back at past solutions with led to the creation of the MRAP. The employment of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) came as a surprise to the coalition ground forces occupying Iraq in 2003.

In the US Nomenclature, "LAV" refers to Light Armored Vehicle", 25 referring to the calber of the main gun, a 25 mm M242 Chain Gun. In 1982, The pentagon requirement was met by several proposition, the most seducing one being GM Defense's own proposal.

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