Storming beaches and killing the fuck out of people. According to the hype, the "real" thing will be over twice as large and capable of transporting three entire tanks over all sorts of conditions from up to two hundred miles away, which is fairly impressive. Another purpose is to spend money and turn a profit for state and private military enterprises.

Of course, seeing as this is a Marines vehicle, it probably won't work for shit and will wind up accomplishing only the second goal.

Serious question: would storming a defended beach ever be in the cards for the US military now? I kinda thought that had gone the way of trench warfare given that you tend to lose more troops in a day than they now do in an entire war, and because any defended beach would be up defended after the tommohawk missiles were finished.

Yeah, but you gotta have this, just incase.

In all honesty, this would probably just wind up being used as a boring old logistical vehicle - quietly ferrying men and tanks onto uncontested beachheads, because missiles and Rangers have already cleared the way. But it's big! And it's got neat flipper-treads! And the fucking Russians don't have them!

Eminently more practical than the giant robot that punches your enemies to death which was originally pitched by Boeing.

Thank you.

You are a Five Star memedumpster.

You can't let the small ones get wet.

also don't feed them after 2400.