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Taiwan’s Marine Corps is pushing for more money to replace its remaining LVTP-5A1 amphibious assault vehicles.
In 2006, the service replaced the first half of its LVTPs with 54 re built AAV-7A1 amphibious assault vehicles.
Four years later, the Marines are still waiting for the Navy to release funds for 65 more AAV-7s, said a local defense industry source.
A Taiwan defense official confirmed the budget has been delayed, but denied the Navy was doing it intentionally. The entire national defense budget is taking hits to pay for $13 billion worth of new arms and equipment ordered over the last three years, including P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft, Patriot PAC-3 air defense missile systems, AH-64D Apache attack helicopters and UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters.More at Wendell Minnick's weblog.
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