The US Army is getting a new vehicle to replace the armored personnel carrier it has used since before the Vietnam War

• US soldiers received the Army's first Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicles this month.
• The AMPV is a tracked armored vehicle with gearing and suspension similar to the M2 Bradley.
• The AMPV will replace the M113, which has been in the Army's tracked corps for more than 60 years.

Troops are getting their hands on the first batch of the Army's new armored personnel carriers, replacing a Vietnam-era vehicle that accounted for nearly one-third of tracked vehicles in the service's heavy armor units.