Just an quick update and clarification on the video I posted earlier. A little birdy tells me that the SuperAv was COMBAT loaded and had remote weapon station ballast on the top of the vehicle when you saw it enter the surf.
Shas raised the issue of it not being able to perform like it did in the video while decked out. Shas was wrong (nothing wrong with that...we all are at one time or another).
The burning issue for the Marine Corps is simple.
Should we consider replacing tracks with wheels for the Amphibious Combat Vehicle requirement? Should we get what is available now, label it interim and wait for tech to develop to the "EFV but affordable" standard later?
NOTE: Watch the video again. Take a good look at the surf thats the vehicle is going thru. BAE has a tremendous amount of confidence and guts to take a vehicle out in those conditions. A failure would have been catastrophic. Consider this also...AAVs have sunk in calmer conditions.
