(cache) Mitsubishi developing amphibious assault vehicle prototype

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has built a prototype for an amphibious vehicle, a spokesman told IHS Jane's on 8 April.

MHI - Japan's largest defence company - has conducted research and development into amphibious vehicles for some time, he said.

"It's true that we have built a prototype of an amphibious vehicle but it is at an early testing stage and is not complete," said the spokesman. "We are still in the process of trial and error through internal development; it's not a production order for the Ministry of Defense [MoD]."

The spokesman would not release details such as the vehicle's size and potential armament, but a source who has seen an image of the prototype told IHS Jane's that it was tracked and featured waterjets to aid propulsion at sea.

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