Hey all!
I need your help. I'm looking for a comprehensive history of the AAV-7/LVTP-7 from development to its current build.
Ideally it would cover all modifications, both sanctioned and "hillbilly" mods done in the field, along with costs. Combat history of the platform isn't really what I'm after...that's already well documented and easily found. Whats got me stumped is a history of the vehicle itself.
Recommendations would be appreciated...in or out of print is irrelevant. A complete history would be ideal but even if a book covers from development to the '80's would work (for example).
Thanks! Sol.
I need your help. I'm looking for a comprehensive history of the AAV-7/LVTP-7 from development to its current build.
Ideally it would cover all modifications, both sanctioned and "hillbilly" mods done in the field, along with costs. Combat history of the platform isn't really what I'm after...that's already well documented and easily found. Whats got me stumped is a history of the vehicle itself.
Recommendations would be appreciated...in or out of print is irrelevant. A complete history would be ideal but even if a book covers from development to the '80's would work (for example).
Thanks! Sol.
If you can find it, the book "Bradley: A history of American Fighting and Support Vehicles" has a decent section on the AAV and early AAAV concepts and many more.
ReplyDeleteI can’t remember if was ever operational, but I remember a pic (or drawing) of an AAV-7 where the entire cargo area was full of angled “Fuel Air Explosive” mortars that fired out of the roof panels.
ReplyDeleteIt would motor towards shore and ripple-fire the tubes clearing the beach in a large rectangular pattern.
I’ll try to find details.
It was called the LVTP-7 CATFAE
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