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Landing Craft, Tank

naval craft

Also known as: LCT

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amphibious craft

In warship: Amphibians
Navy called the LCT (landing craft, tank), was carried over oceanic distances and launched at the time of assault. The LCT was too large to fit the davit of a conventional transport, so a new type of ship, the LSD (landing ship, dock), was created specifically to carry it.…
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landing craft

In landing craft
…British designed and manufactured the Landing Craft, Tank (LCT), initially to conduct amphibious raids. Eight different models of this vessel were produced, the Mk4 being the most commonly used. A total of 1,435 were mass-produced in the United States. The LCT Mk4 was capable of carrying and deploying six medium…
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