Talk:Landing Vehicle Tracked

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[edit] Comments

Just came across: The second vehicle was the Buffalo, again with a body like a tank, but it did have tracks on it with very deep cleats. It had a powerful seven-cylinder Wasp Radial engine. Because of the deep cleats on the tracks it did a lot of damage when driven on the roadway, on rough ground it was brilliant and it could climb very, very steep inclines. In the water, however, it was dreadful - it was very slow, it didn’t ride the waves but just drove through them, and if the sea was even just a bit rough it took on a lot of water. You could not see where you were going most of the time - you just had to rely on your co-driver. When driving off a landing craft the Buffalo was known to dive straight down in the water. More than one soldier lost his life training on this vehicle in just that way. They were, to say the very least, dangerous in the water. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ww2/A2082232 Bukvoed 17:33, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

LVT-4 Alligator came in 9th place in "Top Ten Infantry Fighting Vehicles" program on the cable/dish program Military Channel, aired 9 Dec 07, 10:00AM MST. Program noted that the Mk 4 also could carry a 75mm Howitzer cannon.LanceBarber (talk) 17:18, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Civilian Use

The city of Buffalo NY has used modified LVTs for many years to do ice breaking in the shallow creeks surrounding the city. A mentions can be found below. The LVTs were modified with additional plate to protect from the ice as well as new drivetrain components to allow equal forward and reverse speeds.

http://www.ci.buffalo.ny.us/Home/Leadership/City_Departments/Public_Works/Bridges http://www.projectimpact.ci.buffalo.ny.us/mainInitiatives/iceBreakers/default.asp —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.249.159.254 (talk) 16:00, 28 February 2008 (UTC)