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Some sites concerning the landing craft and amphibious tanks used by US and Japanese forces in WWII.
IJN LST T.149:Tabular Record of Movement
http://www.combinedfleet.com/T.149_t.htm
The Japanese, Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tank.
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/jap/Type_2_Ka_Mi.php
Photos of the Type 95 Ha-Go tank and Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tank.
http://ww2db.com/photo.php?source=&list=search&foreigntype=A&foreigntype_id=265
Battle Honors of the Marine Amphibian I. The Beginning by Col Victor J. Croizat, USMC(Ret)
Despite the establishment of the Marine Corps Equipment Board in 1933, little could be done with the scant$40,000 in the R&D budget. Yet, when World War II ignited Europe in September 1939, the Navy had 35 of the 30-foot personnel landing boats and 11 lighters for tanks and artillery.
Two years later the expanding conflict had helped the inventory grow to 1,285 boats, 303 lighters, and “300 amphibian tractors under construction.” These unique vehicles,born of civilian rather than military needs, would come to play such a vital role in the Pacific War that Gen H. M. Smith would declare “without (them) our amphibious offensive would have been impossible.”
http://www.amtrac.org/pdf_files/other/battle_honors_marine_amphibian.pdf
The LVT(A)4 Armored Amphibian Tank (USMC)
http://2ndarmoredamphibianbattalion.com/amphibious-tank/
IJN LST T.149:Tabular Record of Movement
http://www.combinedfleet.com/T.149_t.htm
The Japanese, Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tank.
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/jap/Type_2_Ka_Mi.php
Photos of the Type 95 Ha-Go tank and Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tank.
http://ww2db.com/photo.php?source=&list=search&foreigntype=A&foreigntype_id=265
Battle Honors of the Marine Amphibian I. The Beginning by Col Victor J. Croizat, USMC(Ret)
Despite the establishment of the Marine Corps Equipment Board in 1933, little could be done with the scant$40,000 in the R&D budget. Yet, when World War II ignited Europe in September 1939, the Navy had 35 of the 30-foot personnel landing boats and 11 lighters for tanks and artillery.
Two years later the expanding conflict had helped the inventory grow to 1,285 boats, 303 lighters, and “300 amphibian tractors under construction.” These unique vehicles,born of civilian rather than military needs, would come to play such a vital role in the Pacific War that Gen H. M. Smith would declare “without (them) our amphibious offensive would have been impossible.”
http://www.amtrac.org/pdf_files/other/battle_honors_marine_amphibian.pdf
The LVT(A)4 Armored Amphibian Tank (USMC)
http://2ndarmoredamphibianbattalion.com/amphibious-tank/
