![The LAV-25: What You Need to Know About the U.S. Marines' Little 'Destroyer' | The National Interest The LAV-25: What You Need to Know About the U.S. Marines' Little 'Destroyer' | The National Interest](https://nationalinterest.org/sites/default/files/main_images/140530-m-hz646-179_14395858161.jpg)
The LAV-25: What You Need to Know About the U.S. Marines' Little 'Destroyer' | The National Interest
![Marines sit atop an LAV-25 light armored vehicle as they drive through the streets of the city. The Marines are in Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to Marines sit atop an LAV-25 light armored vehicle as they drive through the streets of the city. The Marines are in Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to](https://cdn10.picryl.com/photo/1991/04/26/marines-sit-atop-an-lav-25-light-armored-vehicle-as-they-drive-through-the-0c435e-1024.jpg)
Marines sit atop an LAV-25 light armored vehicle as they drive through the streets of the city. The Marines are in Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to
![A US Marine Corps (USMC) Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) assigned to the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, travels across the sands at Camp Coyote, Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM - NARA & A US Marine Corps (USMC) Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) assigned to the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, travels across the sands at Camp Coyote, Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM - NARA &](https://cdn10.picryl.com/photo/2003/02/24/a-us-marine-corps-usmc-light-armored-vehicle-lav-25-assigned-to-the-3rd-light-53afcf-1024.jpg)
A US Marine Corps (USMC) Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) assigned to the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, travels across the sands at Camp Coyote, Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM - NARA &
![I Marines del Battalion Landing Team, 2nd BN., 8th Marines (BLT 2/8), salpano a bordo di un veicolo blindato leggero LAV-25 mentre passano attraverso un ex esercito iracheno. Le truppe degli Stati I Marines del Battalion Landing Team, 2nd BN., 8th Marines (BLT 2/8), salpano a bordo di un veicolo blindato leggero LAV-25 mentre passano attraverso un ex esercito iracheno. Le truppe degli Stati](https://c8.alamy.com/compit/2m8fbxf/i-marines-del-battalion-landing-team-2nd-bn-8th-marines-blt-2-8-salpano-a-bordo-di-un-veicolo-blindato-leggero-lav-25-mentre-passano-attraverso-un-ex-esercito-iracheno-le-truppe-degli-stati-uniti-e-di-altre-nazioni-della-coalizione-sono-a-dahuk-per-operazione-fornire-comfort-uno-sforzo-multinazionale-per-aiutare-i-rifugiati-curdi-nel-sud-della-turchia-e-nel-nord-dell-iraq-subject-operation-series-fornire-comfort-base-dahuk-paese-iraq-irq-2m8fbxf.jpg)
I Marines del Battalion Landing Team, 2nd BN., 8th Marines (BLT 2/8), salpano a bordo di un veicolo blindato leggero LAV-25 mentre passano attraverso un ex esercito iracheno. Le truppe degli Stati
![Nicholas Drummond on X: "Origin of species. The LAV-25 was based on MOWAG's original 8x8 chassis. Weighing 12.8 tonnes (3.2 tonnes per axle, it was chosen in preference to the UK's CVR(T) Nicholas Drummond on X: "Origin of species. The LAV-25 was based on MOWAG's original 8x8 chassis. Weighing 12.8 tonnes (3.2 tonnes per axle, it was chosen in preference to the UK's CVR(T)](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ETj5rC2WkAg3gI7.jpg:large)
Nicholas Drummond on X: "Origin of species. The LAV-25 was based on MOWAG's original 8x8 chassis. Weighing 12.8 tonnes (3.2 tonnes per axle, it was chosen in preference to the UK's CVR(T)
![A convoy of US Marine Corps (USMC) Light Armored Vehicles (LAV-25) assigned to 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, stops along a roadside near the Kuwait-Iraqi border, to scan for A convoy of US Marine Corps (USMC) Light Armored Vehicles (LAV-25) assigned to 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, stops along a roadside near the Kuwait-Iraqi border, to scan for](https://cdn10.picryl.com/photo/2003/03/21/a-convoy-of-us-marine-corps-usmc-light-armored-vehicles-lav-25-assigned-to-09235c-1024.jpg)