| Full Name | Landing Vehicle, Tracked (LVT) |
| Class | Heavy Vehicle |
| Movement | 5 |
| Armor Value | 1 |
| Vs Infantry (RNG / FPR) | 5/4 |
| Vs Vehicle (RNG / FPR) | 4/3 |
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| Period | 1942-1945 |
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This Landing Vehicle, Tracked (LVT) was one among a family of amphibious warfare and landing craft vehicles. 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,' and 'amtrac,' (portmanteaus of 'amphibious tractor'), and also 'alligator' or 'gator.” The LVT-2 Water Buffalo variant was an improved version of LVT-1. The type participated in more campaigns that any other, including Tarawa, Roi-Namur, Cape Gloucester, Northern Kwajalein, Saipan, Guam, Tinian, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, Okinawa and in some parts of Europe, such as the Rhine crossing of Operation Plunder. The LVT-2 was armed with single .50 Browning maching gun, and had a maximum ground speed of 20 mph. Multiple American manufacturers built 2,962 units during the war. About half of these served with the U.S. Navy, 1,507 with the U.S. Army, and 100 with the British Army.