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45 Anti tank (LAV-AT) 106 Self-propelled mortar (LAV-M) 65 Light Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Reconnaissance (LAV-JSLNBCRS) 31 AAV-7: United States: Armoured personnel carrier: Amphibious armoured personnel carrier (AAV-7A1) 1,200 To be replaced by ACV. Recovery (AAVRA1) 60 Self-propelled artillery M142 HIMARS: United States: Rocket artillery
Military vehicles include all land combat and transport vehicles, excluding rail-based, which are designed for or are in significant use by military forces throughout the world. See also list of armoured fighting vehicles .
US Military Wheeled Vehicles (3 ed.). Victory WWII. ISBN 0-970056-71-0. Doyle, David (2003). Standard catalog of U.S. Military Vehicles. Krause. ISBN 0-87349-508-X. Archived from the original on 15 January 2018; Standard Military Vehicle Data Sheets. Ordnance Tank Automotive Cmd. 1959.
A vessel claiming to be a Higgins LCM-3 is on display at the Battleship Cove maritime museum in Fall River, Massachusetts, however this vessel has the superstructure and overall length of an LCM-6. [5] Another Higgins LCM-3 is displayed at the Museo Storico Piana delle Orme in Province of Latina, Italy, 18 miles east of Anzio. [6]
LCM 1 crews were issued with Lewis guns, and many LCM 3s had .50 in (12.7 mm) Browning machine guns mounted for anti-aircraft protection. [24] Opportunities for troops on board to use their own weapons presented themselves. LCIs and LCTs carried heavier weapons, such as the Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, on each side of the bridge structure. LSTs had a ...
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British Vessels Lost at Sea, 1939–45 HMSO, 1947. US Navy ONI 226 Allied Landing Craft and Ships , US Government Printing Office, 1944. The Landing Craft, Mechanised Mark 1 or LCM (1) was a landing craft used extensively in the Second World War .
Dutch and American LCUs in Curaçao, June 2006.. A Landing Craft Utility (LCU) is a type of boat used by amphibious forces to transport equipment and troops to the shore. They are capable of transporting tracked or wheeled vehicles and troops from amphibious assault ships to beachheads or piers.