AAVC7A1

   The AAV7 is an armored tracked amphibious assault landing vehicle. The vehicle carries troops during marine landing operations from ship to shore. The main mission of the vehicles during an amphibious assault is to spearhead a beach and to secure coastline for ongoing troops. This vehicle disembarks from ship and comes ashore, carrying infantry and supplies to the area to provide a forced entry into the amphibious assault. Once the armored assault vehicles have landed, they can take on several different tasks including operations in urban terrain missions, manning check points, escorting convoys or mechanized patrol.

   The AAVC7A1 is based on the AAV7 amphibious assault vehicle. The first prototype was built in 1979 and the vehicle entered service in 1983. It gives a commander a mobile communication centre to communicate between amphibious assault forces from ship to shore and to inland objectives after reaching the beach. The system consists of five radio operator stations; three staff stations, and two master stations. The command communication system contains equipment to provide external secure radio transmission between each AAVC7A1 vehicle and other vehicles and radios. Internal communication between each crew station is provided.

   In 2010 the AAVC7A1 amphibious command vehicles will be replaced with the new EFV(C)s.