Amphibious tractors or amtracs were used extensively in the Pacific theater during World War II as part of the island hopping campaign. Mike Sullivan first boarded one by descending from a troopship via netting at Tarawa. The light craft proceeded slowly like a barge but used its tracks to claw over a reef and then onto the beach. The frontal armored door/ramp protected from machine gun fire but the troops (including Sullivan) were exposed as soon as it dropped to let them hit the beach.
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| - Amphibious tractors or amtracs were used extensively in the Pacific theater during World War II as part of the island hopping campaign. Mike Sullivan first boarded one by descending from a troopship via netting at Tarawa. The light craft proceeded slowly like a barge but used its tracks to claw over a reef and then onto the beach. The frontal armored door/ramp protected from machine gun fire but the troops (including Sullivan) were exposed as soon as it dropped to let them hit the beach.
- The Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) was a class of amphibious vehicles introduced by the United States Navy, United States Marine Corps and United States Army during World War II. Originally intended solely as cargo carriers for ship to shore operations, they rapidly evolved into assault troop and fire support vehicles as well. The types were all widely known as amphtrack, amtrak, amtrac etc., a portmanteau of amphibious tractor.
- The LVT or Landing Vehicle Tracked was an amphibious, tracked military vehicle which was used by the United States.
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- 27.3
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| - LVT-4 amtank at Iwo Jima beach, ca. February/March 1945.
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- 2(xsd:integer)
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- Continental W-670-9A; 7 cylinder, 4 cycle, gasoline radial engine
- Continental W-670-9A; 7 cylinder, 4 cycle, radial gasoline
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| - Amphibious tractors or amtracs were used extensively in the Pacific theater during World War II as part of the island hopping campaign. Mike Sullivan first boarded one by descending from a troopship via netting at Tarawa. The light craft proceeded slowly like a barge but used its tracks to claw over a reef and then onto the beach. The frontal armored door/ramp protected from machine gun fire but the troops (including Sullivan) were exposed as soon as it dropped to let them hit the beach.
- The Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) was a class of amphibious vehicles introduced by the United States Navy, United States Marine Corps and United States Army during World War II. Originally intended solely as cargo carriers for ship to shore operations, they rapidly evolved into assault troop and fire support vehicles as well. The types were all widely known as amphtrack, amtrak, amtrac etc., a portmanteau of amphibious tractor.
- The LVT or Landing Vehicle Tracked was an amphibious, tracked military vehicle which was used by the United States.
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