Which is why the Amphibious Combat Vehicle is a top priority for the Marine Corps.
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She said the village was deserted, and noted army combat vehicle tracks on the village dirt road.
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Add to that the declining availability of funding for new weapons as Washington heads into a prolonged season of budget cutting, and the Ground Combat Vehicle looks doomed before it even gets going.
What survived would be a mere shadow of the combat-vehicle industrial base that America once had.
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Although the Army has good reason to be concerned about the budget environment that lies ahead, it probably should be more concerned about the combat environment it could face once it mothballs its combat-vehicle plants.
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While the care and comfort of combat casualties are understandably a top Army priority, there is another compelling reason for replacing the M113: The Combat Tactical Vehicle Study noted that the obsolete tracked ambulance can no longer be operated economically.
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Its main customer, the French army, would prefer a vehicle that was more combat-oriented than a taxi.
The appropriators proposed to reduce funding for the last remnant of the Future Combat System, a next-generation fighting vehicle, by about three quarters.
The upgraded M88 Hercules recovery vehicle is the sole system available for dragging disabled combat vehicles out of harms way.
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Officers dressed in combat-style gear could be seen watching the bunker from an opening in the roof of the tan personnel vehicle.
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