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Originally Posted by Imp
USMC & Canadian LAVs, I realise they are diffrent vehicles but as far as I can tell both carry same main armament & same number of rounds for it. 210 ready plus a further 210 stowed but the USMC version gets about half of the Canadian loadout.
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The USMC load is too light and is on the list to correct. Yes the CDN LAVIII and the USMC LAV-25 use the same weapon but what is your source that because they have the same weapon the two entirely different vehicles ( The LAV III's hull is longer and wider ) have the same ammo load ??? A quick search of
http://www.military-today.com/apc/kodiak.htm indicates the LAVIII carries 500 rounds which would put the current CDN load in the OOB very, very close to what it should be. If you have better info please share the source. I can give you one that seems to indicate that 420 rounds are stored in the Lav-25 and 210 are "ready"
http://www.inetres.com/gp/military/cv/inf/LAV.html
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Typical Ammo Load
25mm M242 automatic gun Turret; dual-belt feed Ready: 210 (150 + 60). Stowed: 420.
APDS-T, APFSDS-T, HEI-T, TPDS-T, TP-T.
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I'm fairly sure that's wrong and should be 420 total but this is typical of the "quality" of info we have to work with and just about anyone can find something that deviates from the norm and we could spend the rest of our lives "correcting" bad info like this. I've seen one website claim the CDN LAV III carries 845 25 mm rounds ( I don't belive that either )
Don