The Amphibious Vehicle, Tracked (LVT or AMTRAC) 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 called "L class".)

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Marines call them "amtracs", a shortening of their original designation, "amphibious tractor". In June 2018, the Marine Corps announced they had selected the BAE Systems / Iveco wheeled SuperAV for the Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) program to supplement and ultimately replace the AAV.

Detailed mechanical specifications on all AmTracs. Photos available in our Photo Gallery section.

The LVTP-5 (landing vehicle, tracked, personnel 5) is a family of amphibious armored fighting vehicles used by the Philippine Marine Corps, the Republic of China Marine Corps, and, formerly, the United States Marine Corps. It was designed by the BorgWarner company and built by FMC (Food Machinery Corporation) along with a few other companies.

Here you will find information and photographs of all Marine Corps AmTracs from the very first Landing Vehicle, Tracked (LVTs) of WWII through to the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) of the future. Articles, Papers and Publications pertaining to AmTracs and Amphibious Operations.

The AmTracs in Marine History. 1st AmTrac Battalion Files The PDF versions of the 1st AmTrac Battalion section. Marine Corps Publications

Amphibious tractors (amtracs) were a solution for a problem that did not exist in the minds of warfighters until the 20th century. Designed originally in the 1930s as a civilian rescue craft, amtracs became one of the key enabling technologies in the emerging doctrine of amphibious warfare in the 1940s.

3D Assault Amphibian Battalion was originally activated 16 September 1942 at San Diego, California, as 3D Amphibian Tractor (Amtrac) Battalion and assigned to the 3D Marine Division. During...

Originally intended solely as cargo carriers for ship to shore operations, they rapidly evolved into assault troop and fire support vehicles as well. The types were all widely known as amphtrack, amtrak, amtrac etc., all being portmanteaus of amphibious tractor, as well as alligator or gator.