The 801 was originally intended to replace existing radial types in German transport and utility aircraft.
New classes of missile attack boats continue to be built to replace older types.
The goal was to promote the electrification program and to replace older types of electric locomotives.
Then, the number of wagons was gradually expanded and the 105N replaced older types.
Two Type 212 submarines are under construction to replace older types currently in service.
While designed as a cavalry weapon, it also came to replace various types of straight-bladed swords used by infantry.
The new lenses had completely replaced all older, less accurate types within fifteen years of their entry into the marketplace.
In the late 1970s/early 1980s electronic time fuzes started replacing earlier types.
It is anticipated that $1 billion in fleet wide annual savings will result from replacing other types with the Super Hornet.