Landing Vehicle Tracked

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Amphibious Vehicle, Tracked
LVT-4 unloading a Jeep
Type	Amphibious vehicle
Place of origin	United States
Production history
Manufacturer	Borg-Warner Food Machinery Corporation Graham-Paige Roebling St. Louis Car Company
Produced	July 1941 – August 1945
No. built	18,616 of all variants LVT-1.......7,225 LVT-2.......2,960 LVT(A)-2..450 LVT-3.......2,962 LVT-4.......8,348 LVT-4(A)-1..509 LVT(A)-4..1,890 LVT(A)-5..269
Specifications (LVT-4)
Mass	36,400 lb (16,500 kg)
Length	26 ft 1 in (7.95 m)[1]
Width	10 ft 8 in (3.25 m)
Height	8 ft 2 in (2.49 m)
Crew	2–3
Passengers	Up to 24
Armor	1⁄4 to 1⁄2 inch (6.4 to 12.7 mm) if added
Main armament	2 × pintle-mounted 0.50 in Browning M2HB machine guns
Secondary armament	2 × pintle-mounted .30-06 Browning M1919A4 machine guns Various small infantry arms (when carrying assault troops)
Engine	Continental W-670-9A; 7 cylinder, 4 stroke, air-cooled gasoline radial aircraft engine 250 hp (190 kW)
Power/weight	15.2 hp/t
Payload capacity	9,000 lb (4,100 kg) if unarmored[2]
Transmission	Spicer manual transmission, 5 forward and 1 reverse gears[1]
Suspension	Rubber torsilastic
Fuel capacity	140 US gallons (530 L)
Operational range	150 mi (240 km) on road, 75 mi (121 km) in water
Maximum speed	20 mph (32 km/h) on land, 7.5 mph (12.1 km/h) in water

LVT(A)-4
LVT(A)-4 amtank at Iwo Jima beach, c. February/March 1945.
Specifications
Mass	40,000 lb (18,000 kg)
Length	26 ft 1 in (7.95 m)
Width	10 ft 8 in (3.25 m)
Height	10 ft 2.5 in (3.112 m)
Crew	6 (commander, gunner, loader, driver, assistant driver, AA machine gunner)
Armor	1⁄4 to 1+1⁄2 in (6.4 to 38.1 mm)
Main armament	1 × 75 mm M2/M3 Howitzer
Secondary armament	3 × .30-06 Browning M1919A4 machine gun
Engine	Continental W-670-9A; 7 cylinder, 4 cycle, radial gasoline 250 hp (190 kW)
Power/weight	13.9 hp/t
Transmission	Spicer manual transmission, 5 forward and 1 reverse gears
Suspension	Rubber torsilastic
Fuel capacity	106 US gallons (400 L)
Operational range	200 km (road), 120 km (water)
Maximum speed	40 km/h (25 mph), in water 11 km/h (6.8 mph)

The Amphibious Vehicle, Tracked (LVT) is an amphibious warfare vehicle and amphibious landing craft, introduced by the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. (The USN and USMC use "L" to designate Amphibious vessels, also called "L class".) The United States Army, Canadian Army and British Army used several LVT models during World War II, and referred to those vehicles as "Landing Vehicle, Tracked."

Originally intended solely as cargo carriers for ship to shore operations, they evolved into assault troop and fire support vehicles. The types were known as amphtrack, "amtrak", "amtrac", etc. (portmanteaus of "amphibious tractor"), and "alligator" or "gator".