Development of improved assault amphibian personnel carrier, LVTPX12, for U S Marine Corps; design problems encountered and methods used to solve them are described; development program included design of new light weight, high performance transmission and compact, fully enclosed, powered armament station; vehicle is constructed of aluminum armor and is diesel-powered with water jet pumps for water propulsion; prototypes are undergoing preproduction tests. (04365)


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    Title :

    New assault amphibian personnel carrier (LVTPX12) for U.S. marine corps


    Additional title:

    SAE Paper


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SAE Meeting ; 1968 Amphibious


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1968


    Size :

    11 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English







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