BAE Systems and Iveco Defence Vehicles signed with the us military contract to supply a series of special machines – vosmiklasnica amphibians with a capacity of over 700 horsepower. The service in the marine Corps of the United States such a monster will go in 2016.
It is known that the platform for the combat model from scratch developed Iveco. And that provides an adequate supply of power, consists of six cylinders and transfers power to all wheels at once. And all this takes a maximum of 16 people.
No further details of the developers and the Navy, of course, do not open, noticing only an increased level of protection of amphibians. Call her if ACV 1.1. All these machines will be built 16 pieces.