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The LVTP-5 (landing vehicle, tracked, personnel 5) is a family of amphibious armored fighting vehicles used by the
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Federation of American Scientists
Amphibious armoured personnel carriers Armored personnel carriers of the Philippines Armored personnel carriers of the United States Tracked amphibious vehicles Military vehicles introduced in the 1950s {{USMC-stub
Philippine Marine Corps
The Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) ( fil, Hukbong Kawal Pandagat ng Pilipinas) is the marine corps of the Philippines, a naval infantry force under the command of the Philippine Navy. The PMC conducts amphibious, expeditionary, and special ope ...
and, formerly, the United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combi ...
. It was designed by the BorgWarner
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company and built by FMC (Food Machinery Corporation
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) along with a few other companies. It was first accepted into service in 1956. Some 1,124 basic units were produced, plus the specialist variants, and many saw action in the Vietnam War
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.
History
The LVTP-5 was an evolution of the ''LVT-1'' to ''LVT-4'' World War II-eralanding vehicle tracked
The Amphibious Vehicle, Tracked (LVT) is an amphibious warfare vehicle and amphibious landing craft, introduced by the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. (The USN and USMC use "L" to designate Amphibious vessels, also c ...
series, but was considerably larger and could carry 30-34 combat-armed troops. A smaller design based on the M59 APC was also produced as the ''LVT-6'', but only a few were built.
The LVTP-5 was replaced in service by the ''LVT-7
The Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV)—official designation AAVP-7A1 (formerly known as Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Personnel-7 abbr. LVTP-7)—is a fully tracked amphibious landing vehicle manufactured by U.S. Combat Systems (previously by Unit ...
'' family.
The most common type was the LVTP-5, an armored personnel carrier, with mine-sweeper, command, recovery and fire support variants, the latter mounted a 105 mm howitzer. An anti-aircraft version was prototyped, but never saw service.
As of the mid-2010s, the sole remaining state user of the LVTH-6 was the Philippines, who used four of them for their naval infantry force
The Naval Infantry Corps ( es, Cuerpo de Infantería de Marina) are the naval infantry and amphibious infantry force of the Mexican Navy. The main task of the ''Infantería de Marina'' is to guarantee the maritime security of the country's port ...
. As of 2013, Philippine LVTH-6s came in a "digital"-style camouflage pattern.
Variants
* LVTP-5 (landing vehicle tracked, personnel) - armored personnel carrier * LVTC-5 (landing vehicle, tracked, command) - command vehicle * LVTH-6 (landing vehicle, tracked, howitzer) - fire support variant armed with M49 105 mm howitzer. Two hundred and ten units built. * LVTR-1 (landing vehicle, tracked, recovery) - recovery vehicle. Sixty-five units built. * LVTE-1 (landing vehicle, tracked, engineer) - mine-sweeper. Forty-one units built. * LVTAA-X1 (landing vehicle, tracked, anti aircraft) - anti-aircraft variant, to be fitted with the turret of theM42 Duster
The M42 40 mm Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun, or "Duster," is an American armored light air-defense gun built for the United States Army from 1952 until December 1960, in service until 1988. Production of this vehicle was performed by the ...
. Only prototype built.
Operators
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See also
*G-numbers
This is the Group G series List of the United States military vehicles by (Ordnance) supply catalog designation, — ''one'' of the alpha-numeric "Standard Nomenclature Lists" (SNL) that were part of the overall List of the United States Army w ...
References
Further reading
*David Koller, ''LVTP5 Landing Vehicle Tracked Personnel 5'', 2016, Highgloss Publishing, . * SNL G277 * Steven Zaloga, Terry Hadler, Michael Badrocke - ''Amtracs: US Amphibious Assault Vehicles'', 1999, Osprey Publishing (New Vanguard 30), .External links
Federation of American Scientists
Amphibious armoured personnel carriers Armored personnel carriers of the Philippines Armored personnel carriers of the United States Tracked amphibious vehicles Military vehicles introduced in the 1950s {{USMC-stub