Tamiya 35159 - U.S. Marine AAVP7A1 w/UGWS  [35159]

Amphibious operations (the landing of workers, equipment and supplies from ships onto an aggressive shore) are believed by military tacticians to be probably the most complex and hard of all army operations. The U.S. Marine Corps could be the armed forces organization in America faced with this obligation. Previously known as the LVTP7A1, the FMC manufactured AAVP7A1 now gets the part of an Assault Amphibious Vehicle, Personnel, to counter any hostile danger during landing operations. This versatile car can navigate into the ocean waves 3 meters high while carrying 25 fully equipped Marines and can even withstand total immersion without sinking. It's a really large tracked automobile, being very nearly the exact same size while the U.S. M1A1 Abrams primary battle tank. The most recent version is equipped with a newly designed turret referred to as "Upgunned Weapons station", which is manufactured by the Cadillac Gage firm, in the usa. The turret is a single guy armament place mounting the MK 19 Model-3 40mm (grenade) machine gun and a coaxially mounted M2 heavy barrel .50 caliber machine weapon. The primary mode of procedure the armament station is manual. But in azimuth the machine includes an electric Assist Travers (PAT) system. The PAT allows the gunner to quick slew under energy at a minimum rate of 45 deg./sec., after which by hand fine lay his tools on the target. This highly solid weapon section replaces the prevailing M85 .50 cal. product presently integrated regarding Marine Corps fleet of AAVP7A1.