USMC Amphibious Combat Vehicle (West)

The United States Marine Corps (USMC) Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) is a next-generation armoured personnel carrier designed to replace the aging Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV). The ACV program aims to provide Marines with enhanced survivability, mobility, and lethality during amphibious operations.

Key features and specifications of the ACV:

The ACV is designed to operate seamlessly both on land and in water. It can transition from ship to shore and manoeuvre through various types of terrain.

The ACV is armed with a combination of weapon systems, typically including a remote weapon station (RWS) or turret-mounted machine gun, providing the vehicle with offensive capabilities to engage threats effectively.

The ACV offers improved protection compared to its predecessor, with enhanced armour to withstand a range of threats, including small arms fire, artillery fragments, and improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

The vehicle is equipped with a powerful engine and advanced suspension systems, enabling it to traverse challenging terrains with agility and speed.

The ACV is designed to be transportable by various means, including amphibious assault ships, landing craft, and air transport, ensuring rapid deployment capabilities for Marine units.

It has a capacity to carry a squad of Marines, typically around 10 personnel, along with their equipment.

The ACV is equipped with advanced communication systems and situational awareness technology, enabling effective command and control capabilities on the battlefield.

The ACV program underwent several phases of development, testing, and evaluation before entering service with the USMC. It represents a significant advancement in Marine Corps amphibious warfare capabilities, providing Marines with a versatile and survivable platform to support expeditionary operations in diverse environments.

This vehicle blueprint includes desert and forest camouflage textures, a fully rigged structure, and various animated components such as machine gun rotation and elevation, and opening hatches. Additionally, it comes with a detailed damage model that includes damaged geometry, textures, and realistic fire and smoke effects. The blueprint also features firing animations and dynamic dust effects generated by the movement of the tracks.

The asset is designed as a standard Unreal vehicle with an interior, but it can be customized to suit specific project requirements. It is fully drivable, utilizing physics simulations provided by Epic Games’ Chaos Vehicles plugin. Please note that the Chaos Vehicles plugin must be enabled for proper vehicle movement. The scene incorporates Epic Games’ Volumetrics plugin for environmental clouds and utilizes Lumen for advanced lighting effects.

A sample showcase/demo Blueprint is included with an environment map and a user interface (UI). When you “Play” the map, the UI provides camera presets, sliders, and buttons to showcase the key functionalities of the vechiel.

Disclaimer:

This asset includes the use of Epic Games’ Volumetrics plugin and Chaos Vehicles system plugin for demonstration purposes only. However, the vehicle asset can be utilized and modified in personal projects without these plugins enabled.

The Volumetrics plugin is employed to create and render the environmental clouds within the scene, utilizing its volume creation and rendering tools. The Chaos Vehicles system plugin allows for realistic vehicle movement by utilizing advanced physics simulations.

Please note that all rights pertaining to the Volumetrics plugin and the Chaos Vehicles system plugin are the exclusive property of Epic Games. Vigilante makes no warranties, expressed or implied, regarding the usage of Epic’s plugins.

Technical Information:

Features:

– Compliant with SISO Entity Reference No.: N/A

– High-quality vehicle mesh with desert and forest camouflage textures and a detailed interior

– Blueprint-controlled textures for customization

– Emissive materials for headlights and brake lights to enhance performance

– DIS/HLA (RPR FOM) integration ready

– Adjustable hatches, machine gun rotation and elevation

– Realistic wheeled handling and visual effects for dynamic dust simulation when driven

– Detailed damaged vehicle state with fire and smoke effects

Input: Keyboard, Mouse, DIS / HLA (RPR FOM) Protocols

Network Replicated: No, requires integration into a Network Replicated Product or System

Supported Development Platforms: Win-64

Windows: Yes

Mac: No

Documentation (PDF): Click here for Vehicle Documentation

Customization Guide (PDF): Click here for the Vigilante Asset Guide