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NOVEMBER 2024

US Marine Corps’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle Will Get Kongsberg’s Medium Caliber Turret (Infographic)

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US Marine Corps' Amphibious Combat Vehicle Will Get Kongsberg’s Medium Caliber Turret (Infographic)

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BAE Systems, which is develeoping the Amphibious Combat Vehicle for the US Marine Corps, has selected Kongsberg’s Medium Caliber Turret-30mm (MCT-30) for the turreted variant of the vehicle.

“KONGSBERG will deliver up to 150 MCTs in a phased program as part of this contract. Test article delivery will commence early 2021 followed by production phases.

The KONGSBERG MCT-30 is the first remotely operated 30mm turret to be qualified and fielded in the United States. The system provides highly accurate firepower for wheeled or tracked combat vehicles. It is remotely controlled and operated from a protected position inside the vehicle compartment for optimized crew safety.

The MCT-30 leverages a link-less medium caliber cannon providing lethality, extremely high reliability and multi-user functions to the Marine Corps ACV and other platforms.

“The ACV-30 with KONGSBERGs MCT-30 turret signifies a powerful lethality capability for the Marine Corps, representative of a new era in U.S. amphibious operations”, said Pål E Bratlie, Executive Vice President Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace“.

The U.S. Army, in 2015, chose KONGSBERG’s MCT-30 to increase the lethality of the Stryker Brigade in Europe. The system has been fielded and operated with the Army as part of the European Deterrence Initiative since 2018.

It is the primary armament and fire control system for the Infantry Carrier Vehicle – Dragoon (ICV-D) Strykers. All MCT-30s, and any remote weapon stations, bound for U.S. customers are manufactured in the KONGBSERG Johnstown, PA facility leveraging a U.S. supply base located in over 30 states,” Kongsberg’s press release reads.

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Cool armoured vehicle, hope we get some of them too.

Jens Holm

You hs to tell americans, that You will invade Turkish oil platforms:)

Kongsbergs are busy. Half of the Strykers will get the newest Javilin from the too.

https://www.kongsberg.com/news-and-media/news-archive/2019/displays-remote-weapon-station-on-ugv/

rightiswrong rightiswrong

Driving over you, sure, we all would love to see that.

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