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27 Jun 2015 1:13 p.m. PST
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| Tango01 | 27 Jun 2015 1:04 p.m. PST |
… assault vehicle faster the US-made AAV-7. "In January, a top U.S. Marine general visited Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan to look at a prototype of an amphibious assault vehicle that could one day be a key pillar in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push to sell weapons abroad. Using engines adapted from the main battle tank the company makes for Japan's military and new water jet propulsion technology, the full-size prototype is undergoing pool tests, although it is in the early stages of development and production could be years off. Mitsubishi designers believe the prototype shown to U.S. Marine Corps Pacific commander Lt. Gen. John Toolan will be more maneuverable and faster across the water than the 40-year-old AAV-7 amphibious assault vehicle used to carry U.S. Marines onto beaches from naval ships anchored offshore, the sources said…"
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