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Shifting Gears: How the Marine Corps is Reinventing its Tactical Vehicle Fleet - Serving as the backbone of the Corps' tactical vehicle fleet for two decades, the MTVR (Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement) is the Marine Corps' primary heavy tactical vehicle used for transporting troops, supplies, and equipment in a variety of terrain and environmental conditions. Designed to increase the warfighter’s lethality on the battlefield, the MTVR has proven to be a highly reliable, versatile, and durable vehicle that can operate in extreme conditions and has been used in a wide range of missions, including logistics support, disaster relief, and combat operations.

U.S. Marines assigned to Combat Service Support Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion, I MEF Information Group, park a Logistic Vehicle System Replacement during a field exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 8, 2018. Marine Corps Systems Command is collaborating with the Defense Innovation Unit and Marine Corps Combat Development & Integration command to bring cutting-edge electrical vehicle technology to the Corps’ medium and heavy tactical vehicles. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dalton S. Swanbeck) - U.S. Marines assigned to Combat Service Support Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion, I MEF Information Group, park a Logistic Vehicle System Replacement during a field exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 8, 2018. Marine Corps Systems Command is collaborating with the Defense Innovation Unit and Marine Corps Combat Development & Integration command to bring cutting-edge electrical vehicle technology to the Corps’ medium and heavy tactical vehicles. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dalton S. Swanbeck)

Inside Acquisition: How the Marine Corps plans to double the MTVR’s lifespan - A U.S. Marine prepares to fire an M240 machine gun from atop a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement 7-ton truck during Exercise Balikatan at Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base, Philippines, May 10, 2018. While the Corps initially planned to retire the vehicle in 2024, leadership recently extended the service life of the vehicle to 2042. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Isabella Ortega)