Amphibious Assault Vehicle

Amphibious assault vehicles are designed to connect sea movement with protected troop delivery ashore. Unlike an ordinary land APC, they must balance buoyancy, water propulsion, surf performance, armor, payload, and land mobility. American Marine Corps development produced several generations with different capabilities and shortcomings. Amphibious troop carriers bridge the movement from landing ship to shore and then support movement inland. Their compromise between flotation, land mobility, and protection differs from a landing craft designed chiefly to deliver troops at the waterline. The enclosed hull must preserve buoyancy while carrying troops and equipment, and water propulsion adds systems that ordinary land carriers do not require. Salt water, surf, and repeated transitions ashore also impose substantial servicing demands throughout a deployment.

Finish and color

Supplied unpainted and printed in the selected color. Choose from the available product color options.

Tabletop use

Suitable for period-appropriate custom scenarios in Global War 1946, Global War 1985, and compatible Axis & Allies games. Use suitable scenario or house rules for unit statistics and any technology upgrades. This piece does not supply additional game rules.

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