Not to be confused with the LAV-25

The Landing Amphibious Vehicle-Air Defense (LAV-AD) is an air defense variant of the LAV-25 operated by the United States Marine Corps. It is fitted with an electric turret mounting a General Dynamics GAU-12/U Equalizer Gatling cannon, and two missile pods each with four FIM-92 Stinger missiles for short range air defense duties over its normal M242 Bushmaster cannon. It has a capacity of 990 rounds of 25mm ammunition and 16 missiles. It has since been removed from service due to high maintenence costs.

Battlefield 3Edit

LAV-AD
Vehicle health	1000
Disable threshold	60%
Vehicle passengers	Driver (1 total)
Vehicle armor	Reactive Armor (32000 points)
Vehicle optics	Zoom Optics (4400 points) Thermal Optics (10000 points)
Main weapon	GAU-12 Equalizer 25mm gatling cannon
Main weapon damage	10-2 per bullet
Main weapon rate of fire	2000 rounds per minute (33.3 rounds per second)
Main weapon fire mode	Automatic
Alternative weapon	Anti-Air Missile (FIM-92 Stinger, 1200 points)
Sensors	Proximity Scan (7000 points) Air Radar (14000 points)
Countermeasures	IR Smoke (400 points)
Vehicle speed	0-60 KPH
Camouflages available	Thermal Camo (25000 points)
Operators	United States Marine Corps

MultiplayerEdit

The LAV-AD appears in Battlefield 3 as the United States Marine Corps' anti-aircraft vehicle. It is an amphibious vehicle and can travel in deep water while the Russian counterpart, the 9K22 Tunguska-M, cannot. Other than aircraft, the LAV is also somewhat effective against Infantry and Jeeps. IFVs, tanks and other heavily armored vehicles will take a considerable amount of fire to destroy, so engaging them is not reccomended. Though impervious to small arms fire and resistant to automatic cannon shells, it can be destroyed by as few as two to three anti-tank rounds or missiles in the absence of any defensive perks, so Reactive Armor is reccomended if you are to stay on the front lines protecting allies. If you do not wish to be so close to the enemy, but still want to protect your team for aircraft, Air Radar is advised. Unlike the Tunguska, the LAV is incapable of turning on the spot, and can only turn while in motion, a factor which can prove to be a disadvantage in close-quarters combat. One advantage of the LAV is that it is amphibious, although this has little use on most maps.

LocationEdit

The LAV-AD appears on the following maps:

• Noshahr Canals(Conquest) (PC)
• Kharg Island (Conquest) (PC)
• Caspian Border (Conquest) (PC)
• Operation Firestorm (Conquest) (PC)
• Wake Island (Conquest) (Consoles/PC)
• Alborz Mountain (Conquest) (Consoles)
• Armored Shield (Conquest) (Consoles)

LAV-AD.

Minigun crosshair

View through zoom optics.

LAV-AD as seen in the Caspian Border trailer.

View from the driver's seat.

The third-person view of the LAV-AD.

A high-resolution render of the LAV-AD with a Reactive Armor net.

LAV-AD in third-person as seen from the create a class.

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TriviaEdit

• In Battlefield 3, the LAV-AD is affected by a bug that can cause the vehicle to drive at 130 KPH, which is usually caused by it bouncing off a dune or a depression.
• In an experiment, it takes almost three full-overheat barrages of fire to destroy an IFV or Tank Destroyer from the rear with the LAV-AD.
• On consoles, this is the second rarest vehicle (the rarest being Ka-60 Kasatka with only two maps where it can be used) with only 3 maps where it can be used

External linksEdit

• LAV-AD on Wikipedia
• LAV-AD on Army Technology