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LARC-V (Lighter, Amphibious Resupply, Cargo, 5 (V) ton), is an aluminium-hulled amphibious cargo vehicle capable of transporting 5 tons. It was developed in the United States during the 1950s, and is used in a variety of auxiliary roles to this day.
LARC-V: 5-ton amphibian: 4x4: 1963 Developed as an amphibious transport; approximately 950 were built and as of May 2020 38 remained in US service. [44] LARC-XV: 15-ton amphibian: 4x4: 1960 An amphibious transport developed to transport non-mobile general cargo and lighter mobile cargo from ship to shore, across the beach and over roads. [45 ...
The LACV-30 (Lighter Air Cushion Vehicle, 30 tons) was a hovercraft used by the U.S. Army Mobility Equipment Research and Development Command (MERADCOM) for offloading cargo from amphibious ships. For logistic transport, the Army was already using the LARC-V and LARC-LX, huge 4-wheeled vehicles referred to as 'barges on wheels'. The Army used ...
The LCHs have a maximum payload of 180 tons; equivalent to 3 Leopard 1 tanks, 13 M113 armoured personnel carriers 23 quarter-tonne trucks, or four LARC-V amphibious cargo vehicles. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As a troop transport, a Balikpapan -class vessel can transport up to 400 soldiers between a larger amphibious ship and the shore, or embark 60 soldiers ...
Stryker. Stryker 4,466 . M1126 infantry carrier vehicle (ICV) M1126 Stryker (IAV) has two variants, he infantry carrier vehicle (ICV) and the mobile gun system (MGS).; The (ICV) variant has eight additional configurations: mortar carrier (MC), reconnaissance vehicle (RV), commanders vehicle (CV), fire support vehicle (FSV), medical evacuation vehicle (MEV), engineer squad vehicle (ESV), anti ...
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On the ground, a small army of people preps the cargo plane for another run, loading it with 3,000 gallons of the hot-pink fire retardant known as Phos-Chek. (The color is intentional ― you want ...
The LARC-LX was used to transport wheeled and tracked vehicles, including beach preparation equipment and general cargo, from ship-to-shore or to inland transfer points. It was also capable of transporting 40 ft (12 m) shipping containers, which could be landed from the LARC either by crane, straddle carriers, or rollers.