Planned as the successor to the LVTs from World War II, which were still in service in 1951, the LVT-5 was designed as a completely closed tank, in contrast to its fairly open predecessors, in order to increase the protection for the transported soldiers.
LVTP-5 (Landing Vehicle Tracked, Personnel): Troop carrier, 808 units built
LVTC-5 (Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Command): Command vehicle with additional radio equipment
LVTH-6 (Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Howitzer): Fire support vehicle with 105 mm gun in a rotating turret, additional anti-aircraft armament, 210 copies built
LVTR-1 (Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Recovery): Bergepanzer, 65 copies built
LVTE-1 (Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Engineer): Mine clearance and pioneering tank, 41 copies built
LVTAA-1 (Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Anti Air): anti-aircraft model with tower of the M42 Duster, only one prototype built
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