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The first LVSR cargo variant began testing at the [[Aberdeen Proving Ground]] in June 2007. Tractor and wrecker prototype vehicles began testing in November 2007 and April 2008 respectively. An additional 123 cargo variants, which completed [[low rate initial production]] (LRIP) quantities, were subsequently ordered under option year two of the production contract. In January 2009, Oshkosh announced an LVSR delivery order valued at $176 million. This called for more than 425 LVSRs and transitioned LVSR from LRIP into full-rate production (FRP).<ref name="Oshkosh Logistic Vehicle System Replacement (LVSR) (February 2016 updates)"/>
LVSR fielding began in April 2009<ref name="LVSR: The Marines’ Heavy Trucks"/> for user trials and testing and the first vehicle was fielded to [[War in Afghanistan (
The requirement for an LVSR companion trailer for the USMC has also been provided by [[Oshkosh Corporation|Oshkosh]]. The M1076, which is already in service with the US Army, is the selected trailer. In May 2009, it was announced that the Marine Corps would receive an initial 30 M1076 PLST for use with the LVSR. By early 2016 the USMC had purchased a total of 687 [[Palletized load system|PLST]] through a separate contract with the US Army.
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