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Development and requirement
The Marine Corps developed LVTP-7 to replace the ageing LVTP-5 with better range, water mobility, maintainability, and land performance. 1
Design and battlefield role
The vehicle uses a fully tracked amphibious hull and water-jet propulsion, carrying Marines from amphibious ships through surf and then operating ashore as armored transport. 1
Service and evolution
Successive upgrades produced the AAV7A1 family with improved automotive systems, armor, communications, and weapon stations. The family remained a defining Marine Corps vehicle into the twenty-first century. 1
Archive boundaries
The personnel version is cataloged as an APC because protected troop transport is its core function. Command and recovery members remain linked; replacement by the ACV is a successor relationship rather than a taxonomic change. 1
Sources and further reading
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