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Interim Fast Attack Vehicle

The Interim Fast Attack Vehicle (IFAV) is a reconnaissance vehicle deployed and used by the United States Marine Force Recon and Marine Expeditionary Units. Force Recon used to operate a fleet of Desert Patrol Vehicles, popularized by the Navy SEALs as the "black dune buggy." However, this vehicle lacked cargo capacity and firepower, so Force Recon moved to a militarized Mercedes-Benz G-Class, also known as a G-wagen, 290 GD Turbodiesel 4×4, a much more traditional "Jeep" type truck. The vehicle has only minimal armor, but numerous defensive weapons, including a Mk 19 automatic 40 mm grenade launcher. This vehicle is manufactured by Magna Steyr (Austria) for Mercedes-Benz (Germany).

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load their Mercedes G IFAV (Interim Fast Attack Vehicle) The USMC Interim Fast Attack Vehicle (IFAV) is a modified version of the Mercedes-Benz Geländewagen 290. It replaces the modified M151A2 1/4 ton truck jeep used by the Marines as a FAV in the 1990s. The U.S. Marine Corps acquired 157 of the IFAVs distributed as follows: • Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) Camp Pendleton, CA (33) • MEF Camp Lejeune, NC (25) • MEF on Okinawa, Japan (27) • 17th Force Recon, Afghanistan (22) • 3rd Force Recon Bn, Iraq (23) • 1st Provisional DMZ Police Company, Korea (15) • various miscellaneous (12) == See also ==
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