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|Name=''MTP96'' class
|Builders=[[Studioplast]], [[Casale sul Sile]] ([[Venezia]]) and various shipyards
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|Ship type=[[Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel]]
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The '''''MTP96'' class''' is a series of [[Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel]] used by the [[Italian Navy]] and [[Italian Army]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marina.difesa.it/uominimezzi/navi/Pagine/Mezzidasbarco.aspx |title=Marina Militare |website=www.marina.difesa.it |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927061720/http://www.marina.difesa.it/uominimezzi/navi/Pagine/Mezzidasbarco.aspx |archive-date=2011-09-27}}</ref>

== History ==

Twenty of these crafts are operated aboard the three {{sclass|San Giorgio|amphibious transport dock|0}} ships and used by the [[San Marco Marine Brigade]] at [[Brindisi]] Naval Station homeport.
A few others are used by 1st [[Lagunari Regiment "Serenissima"]] of the [[Italian Army]] in the [[Venice]] lagoon.

== Landing craft ==

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!colspan="11" style="background:#ffdead;" | {{navy|ITA}} - MTP96 class
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| {{ship|LCVP|MTP96|MDN95|2}}
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| {{ship|LCVP|MTP96|MDN96|2}}
|align="center"| MDN96
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| {{ship|LCVP|MTP97|MDN97|2}}
|align="center"| MDN97
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| {{ship|LCVP|MTP96|MDN98|2}}
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| {{ship|LCVP|MTP96|MDN100|2}}
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| {{ship|LCVP|MTP96|MDN101|2}}
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| {{ship|LCVP|MTP96|MDN114|2}}
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| {{ship|LCVP|MTP96|MDN120|2}}
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!colspan="11" style="background:#ffdead;" | {{army|ITA}} - MTP96 class
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| {{ship|LCVP|MTP96|287|2}}
|align="center"| 287
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== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://www.marina.difesa.it/EN/thefleet/home/Pagine/home_ships.aspx Ships] Marina Militare website

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