It weighs 63,300 pounds and can carry 17 Marines from a ship 25 miles offshore into battle.
But before it becomes the Marine Corps' next amphibious assault vehicle -- four years from now -- Lt. Col. Brian Buckles and his men are charged with running it into the ground.
"Our job is to break it," Buckles said this week about the work he oversees on the development of the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle, a tanklike behemoth being tested at Camp Pendleton. "We're here to push its limitations and then tell the manufacturer what didn't work and why." (read more)
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