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The LCM-8 ("Mike Boat") is a river boat and mechanized landing craft used by the United States Navy and Army during the Vietnam War and subsequent operations. They are currently used by governments and private organizations throughout the world. The acronym stands for "Landing Craft Mechanized, Mark 8".
Two British LCM(1)s after the Dieppe Raid 1942. The landing craft, mechanised Mark I, was an early British model. It was able to be slung under the davits of a liner or on a cargo ship boom with the result that it was limited to a 16-ton tank.
The plan agreed involved LCAs making the twenty-mile (32 km) approach journey under their own power, a pre-landing bombardment by ships, followed by the landing of three tanks – one from the LCM 1, and two from the older Motor Landing Craft (MLC), then the landing of an initial wave of infantry from LCAs, and then a follow on force carried in ...
Landing Craft Flak were equipped with 20 mm Oerlikons and four QF 2 pdr "pom-poms" to defend against aircraft. The Landing Craft Flak (LCF) was a conversion of the LCT that was intended to give anti-aircraft support to the landing. They were first used in the Dieppe Raid early in 1942. The ramp was welded shut, and a deck built on top of the ...
The Landing Craft, Mechanized Mark 2 or LCM (2) was a landing craft used for amphibious landings early in the United States' involvement in the Second World War.Though its primary purpose was to transport light tanks from ships to enemy-held shores, it was also used to carry guns and stores.
An Australian Army LCM-8 being positioned on the bow of a Kanimbla class landing platform amphibious. The LCM2000-class craft were intended to also be carried on the bows of these ships. A contract for the craft was signed in July 2002 and construction work began at ADI's facilities at Carrington, New South Wales in February 2003. [7]
In July, 1947, a neighboring command, Boat Unit ONE, was created to command Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) LCM-3s and Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP)s. In 1950, the two commands participated in the Battle of Inchon and in every amphibious operation of the Korean War afterward. [3]
LCM-8 Landing Craft Mechanized - (40 built) The Army has a fleet of approximately 132 watercraft, operated by units of the U.S. Army Transportation Corps. [13] (The Army's watercraft program is managed by the United States Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command. [14]) These craft are identified by the following hull code and type;