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Amphibious Assault Vehicle
The Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) (official designation AAV-7A1 (formerly known as LVT-7)) is the current amphibious troop transport of the United States Marine Corps and is also operated by other forces. The AAV-7A1 is a fully tracked amphibious landing vehicle manufactured by FMC Corporation. It is used by USMC Amphibious Assault Battalions to land the surface assault elements of the landing force and their equipment in a single lift from assault shipping during amphibious operations to inland objectives and to conduct mechanized operations and related combat support in subsequent mechanized operations ashore.
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Parents amphibious vehicle The class of vehicles that can go on land and water
  military vehicle Any Vehicle which is intended to be used by a MilitaryOrganization. Military platforms which are also vehicles. This would include things like airplanes and tanks, but exclude things like towed platforms.
  passenger vehicle A Vehicle that is designed to carry Humans. Note that Vehicles that are not designed to carry people may still do so. For example, a boxcar might still transport homeless people, but was not built to do so.
  powered vehicle A Vehicle that has a powerComponent. Note that PoweredVehicles include those vehicles that have a powerComponent where the user can and does often choose not to use it, such as a moped with pedals.


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