In the event that any of the mines detonate, the ABV's explosive reactive armor paneling would absorb the brunt of the explosion, keeping the pilot safe. In addition to the mine plow, the ABV ...

Feb. 9 (UPI) --If allied soldiers running up the beaches of Normandy during World War II had the Marine Corps' modified Assault Breacher Vehicle, or ABV, perhaps the death toll would not have been ...

The ABV is equipped with a .50-caliber machine gun and a front-mounted mine plow. The pathway of production leading to the deployment of the ABV wasnAca,!a,,ct traveled by Anniston Army Depot alone.

According to Joey Edwards, branch chief for the ABV/JAB Production Planning Branch ... rather than having to replace the entire mine plow or all the tines. "Anniston was chosen for the replacement ...

The ABV has a mine clearing plow, and is equipped to be operated remotely, without the crew on board. The vehicle is built at an army depot, by modifying older M1 tanks. In the 1990s, the U.S. Army ...

The ABV is equipped with systems for in-stride breaching of minefields and complex obstacles, such as a mine plow and the ...

The Assault Breacher Vehicle removes the vehicle’s turret and main gun and instead adds a mine plow, dozer blade, ordnance removal charges, and an explosive mine-clearing system. The ABV can ...

To blast their way through Taliban mine fields during their push into Marja in southern Afghanistan, the Marines turned to the Assault Breacher Vehicle (ABV), an M1A1 Abrams main battle tank with ...

Once ashore, the plow supplements the ABV's other mine-countermeasure systems, helping clear a path for Marines to advance off the beach. "This plow prototype makes the ABV transportable and gives ...