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US Marines deployed Assault Breacher Vehicles for the first time during the assault on Now Zad, a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan, on December 3. (USMC photo)HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan --- A vehicle that looks like a hybrid of a tank and bulldozer comes to a stop. An enormous blast shrieks through the air and delivers 1,750 pounds of C4 on the road ahead. The Marine Corps newest vehicle, an assault breacher vehicle, has detonated a route clearing, line charge, making its first combat assault in Marine Corps history. The Marine Corps prepared the ABV crew and the vehicle for combat for approximately two years. On the morning of Dec. 3, the ABV fired its first line charge during Operation Cobra's Anger in Now Zad, Afghanistan. Due to mass amounts of roadside bombs expected around Now Zad, ABV's led the way for the operation by detonating numerous line charges on the path to the Taliban stronghold, Now Zad. US Marines deployed Assault Breacher Vehicles for the first time during the assault on Now Zad, a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan, on December 3. (USMC photo)HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan

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