Kyle Mizokami,National Interest[br]The LAV-25, the U.
S. Marine Corps' main armored reconnaissance vehicle, or has its origins in an effort to develop a current,highly mobile strike force for the Middle East. fleet, lightly armored and armed with a Bushmaster chain gun, and the LAV acts as the marines' cavalry,scouting ahead of other friendly forces and seeking out the enemy. Over the past thirty-five years the nearly 1000 LAVs have served from Panama to Iraq, where it earned the nickname The Destroyer.
In 1980 it was clear the political situation in the Middle East was deteriorating. Citing the Iranian revolution and the Soviet...
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