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Landing Craft Utility
The smallest landing
craft were the US-designed DUKW, basically
an amphibious truck, and the Landing Vehicle
Tracked, an amphibious armoured personnel
carrier. These were operated by Army personnel,
not naval crews. They had a capacity of about
3 tons.Then
came the British Landing Craft Assault (LCA)
small craft intended to be transported around
by larger vessels then lowered into the water
off the target beach. Typically they could
carry 36 fully-armed soldiers.
TThe US Landing Craft
Vehicle/Personnel (LCVP) was more flexible
- it could carry 30 troops or small vehicles
such as Jeeps. Landing
Craft, Mechanized were larger capable of carrying
one small tank or 100 troops. None of the
above was capable of making a voyage longer
than about 6 hours, mainly through fuel limitations.
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