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Description: Early testing of the Amtrac on Porterico in 1940.


Background notes: Landing Vehicle Tracked

English: The Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) was an amphibious vehicle used by the United States Navy, Marine Corps and Army during World War II. It was widely known as amphtrack, amtrak, amtrac etc., a portmanteau of amphibious tractor

日本語: LVT(Landing Vehicle Tracked, ランディング・ヴィークル・トラック)とは第二次世界大戦中にアメリカ海軍と同海軍海兵隊が運用した水陸両用トラクター。

Norsk (bokmål): Landing Vehicle Tracked eller LVT var et pansret amfibisk beltedrevet kjøretøy, produsert i USA og brukt under andre verdenskrig.

Polski: W czasie II wojny światowej alianci stanęli wobec nieznanego dotąd problemu w postaci czekających ich licznych morskich operacji desantowych zarówno na Pacyfiku, jak i w Europie, a tym samym wobec konieczności skonstruowania i zbudowania różnorodnych jednostek lądujących, zaopatrzeniowych oraz wsparcia.


Landing Vehicle Tracked

Origins of the Amphtrack at Globalsecurity.org / World War II tanks *WW2 Vehicles ***AmTracs of World War II and the Korean War at Amtrac.org *** WWII and Korea LVT Museum *** Photographs of Amtracs at Tarawa

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Source: http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/5791/WWII8.html , labeled as USMC photo.

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