Future Weapon Technology

Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle

Manufacturer: Boeing [NYSE: BA]

In support of the Marine Corps’ beyond the horizon approach for amphibious assaults of the future, many different assets must come together to get the job done. First up was the Wasp Class Amphibious Assualt Ship, which is the launch-platform for many different crafts to get troops, supplies, and firepower to the shores of the enemy. Emerging from the belly of the Wasp: I will introduce the Marine Corps’ Expiditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV), a burly upgrade to the dated Amphibious Assualt Vessel (AAV) of times past. The EFV has 3 times the speed of the AAV, carries a 30 mm Bushmaster Cannon, and can carry a full Marines’ rifle squad to the coast with protection from enemy bullets, mines, and chemical weapons. Also, once they get ashore, the EFV can maneuver and travel at speed with the other armor on the gound like the Abrams tank, something the AAV could never do. Basically, this thing is a fully-fledged fighting vehicle that can travel in water, not just a naval battle taxi. Seeing this thing in the water is truly an amazing sight, and to have hundreds of these rolling at your coast at high speed is not going to be the start of a good day.