Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT)

Invented by Donald Roebling, Jr. and adopted by the Marine Corps, the landing vehicle tracked series combined the ability of propulsion through the ocean, crawling over coral reefs and then breasting surf to deposit troops or cargo ashore. The LVT-4 improved on earlier models by moving the engine from the rear to behind the driving compartment to make room for a spacious troop/cargo compartment with a rear ramp to facilitate loading and unloading.

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Amphibious tanks (LVT-1's) cluster along the length of the beach on the eastern end of Emirau on 22

An LVT pushes an LCVP off a shore at Guadalcanal in the 1940s

LVT(A)-1 speeds over dunes in the Pacific in March 1944

LVT on Tarawa

Smoke rises in the distance from a Japanese aerial bombardment on Iwo Jima in February 1945