Landing Vehicle Tracked

Deutsch: Das Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) war ein gepanzerter Schwimmpanzer, der von US Marine Corps, der US Navy und der US Army während des Zweiten Weltkrieges eingesetzt wurde. Hauptsächlich wurde er im pazifischen Kriegsschauplatz im Kampf gegen Japan eingesetzt. In eher geringeren Stückzahlen, fanden LVTs auch in Europa Verwendung, hauptsächlich von den Briten. Bekannt wurde er auch unter die Namen Amphtrack, amtrak und amptrack, die sich vom englischen Wort amphibious tractor ableiteten.

English: The Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) was an amphibious armoured vehicle used by the United States Navy, Marine Corps and Army during World War II. It was also known as Amphtrack/amtrak/amptrack, from the contraction of amphibious tractor.

日本語: LVTとは第二次世界大戦でアメリカ海軍が運用した水陸両用トラクター。後に水陸両用軍団を構成してアメリカ海兵隊の上陸作戦の主力となった。

Alligator

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  first amphibian tractor procured by the Marine Corps
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  Alligator I, the first prototyp, 1935.
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  Early testing of the Amtrac, 1940.
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  Setup of the paddle cleats of the Alligator I (Paddelblech in german).
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  Setup of the paddle cleats of the Alligator II and Alligator III (Paddelblech in german).
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  Setup of the paddle cleats of Alligator IV, Alligator V and LVT-1 (Paddelblech in german).

LVT-1

Main category: LVT-1

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  LVT-1 exhibited by manufacturer (FMC) in 1941 parade, Lakeland, FL..
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  USMC LVT-1 amphibian tractors move toward the beach on Guadalcanal Island.
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  In the Northern Solomons the 3rd Marine Division made great use of 3rd Amtrac Battalion in the Swampy terrain.
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  LVT-1 damaged by enemy fire on Beach RED 1 during an attack on Tarawa.
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  Type 95 Ha-Go tank and several LVTs at Tarawa after the battle.
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  1st Tracs modified this LVT to make it a recovery vehicle in New Zealand in 1943.
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  LVT-1 in mud at Cape Gloucester.
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  Movin off the ramp of a Coast Guard-manned landing craft, Marines move ashore on D-Day at Cape Gloucester, Operation Dexterity.
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  Troopers of the 112th Cavalry wade ashore at Arawe as Marine LVTs carry in supplies, Operation Dexterity, 15 December 1943.
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  LVT-1 training at Hampton Roads, VA durng WWII.
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  LVT-1.
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  LVT-1.

LVT-2 & LVT(A)-2

Main category: LVT-2

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  A detail drawing of an LVT-2.
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  LVT-2 on Green Beach, Tarawa, November 1943.
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  Amphibious trac coming out of an LST H-45 minute on D-Day. They are about to land on Peleliu. September 1944.
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  LVT-2 with the Maintenance Company of 10th Amtrac Battalion.
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  A Water Buffalo, loaded with Marines, churns through the sea bound for beaches of Tinian Island near Guam, 07/1944.
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  LVT-2.
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  LVT-2.
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  Setup of the paddle cleats of the LVT-2 and newer versions (Labels in german).

LVT(A)-1

Main category: LVT(A)-1

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  A detail drawing of an LVT(A)-1.
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LVT-3 & LVT-3C

Main categories: LVT-3 and LVT-3C

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  A detail drawing of an LVT-3. Here you can see the arrangement of the two engines.
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  LVT-3.
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  LVT-3C.
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  LVTs embarking British Royal Marine commandos leave Fort Marion (LSD-22) for the beach at Sorye Dong, North Korea, on 7 April 1951.

LVT-4

Main category: LVT-4

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  Amtrac's move into already crowded beach on Tinian.
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  A column of Alligators passing Terrapin amphibious vehicles on the Scheldt River near Terneuzen, 13/10/1944.
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  LVTs approach Iwo Jima.
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  Unloading on the beach of Iwo Jima.
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  Buffaloes of 4th Royal Tank Regiment being transported forward in preparation for crossing the Rhine. 21 March 1945.
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  Keramas, 27 March 1945.
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  Men of the 5th Dorsetshire Regiment crossing the Rhine, 28 March 1945.
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  LVTs carry troops to the Okinawa invasion beaches, 1 April 1945.
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  Landing at Okinawa.
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  On the flank of a battle-wrecked alligator the Okinawa sun casts the shadows of 6th Division Marines as they move in to mop up the southern tip of the island. 1945.
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  Amphibious tractors spill Marines and supplies on the beach of Ibeya, northwest of Okinawa.
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  LVT-4.
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  LVT-4 in Royal Australian Armoured Corps Tank Museum.
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  LVT-4 in Royal Australian Armoured Corps Tank Museum.
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  LVT-4 in Royal Australian Armoured Corps Tank Museum.
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  LVT-4 in Royal Thai Navy Museum.
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  LVT-4 memorial in Kotem (Belgium)

LVT(A)-4 & LVT(A)-5

Main category: LVT(A)-4

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  LVT(A)-4 at Saipan, June 1944.
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  Marines dig in on Saipan.
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  Damaged LVT(A)-4 amtank at Iwo Jima beach, ca. February/March 1945.
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  LVT(A)-4.
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  LVT(A)-4 in Royal Australian Armoured Corps Tank Museum.
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  LVT(A)-4 in Royal Australian Armoured Corps Tank Museum.
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  LVT(A)-4 in Royal Australian Armoured Corps Tank Museum.

Miscellaneous LVT family

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  Marines of the first wave, landing on the beach at Saipan.
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  Marines wading ashore on Tinian.
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  Marines land on Tinian island, July 25, 1944.
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  Men and equipment on Tinian beach.
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  Water Buffalo amphibious tanks line up for invasion of Cape Sansapor at the western end of Dutch New Guinea, ca. 1944.
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  The first wave of LVTs moves toward the invasion beaches, Peleliu, September 15, 1944.
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  Amtrac shelter. Engaged in the bitter struggle to establish the Peleliu beachhead.
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  LVT Buffalo amphibians during the invasion of Walcheren Island. 1/11/1944.
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  Amtracs and other vehicles of war lay knocked out on the black sands of Iwo Jima, ca. February/March 1945.
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  Men of the 1st Cheshire Regiment crossing the Rhine in Buffaloes at Wesel. 24 March 1945.
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  LST-980 unloads an LVT during "Exercise Camid III", Chesapeake Bay.
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  Tortuga (LSD-26) disgorges LVTs and LVT(A)s during tests conducted at Sagami Bay, Japan.
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  M113s

See also

• LVT-5
• LVT-7