| Full Name | Landing Vehicle, Tracked (LVT) |
| Class | Heavy Vehicle |
| Movement | 5 |
| Armor Value | 2 |
| Vs Infantry (RNG / FPR) | 5/4 |
| Vs Vehicle (RNG / FPR) | 4/3 |
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| Period | Mid-1944-1945 |
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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-4 Water Buffalo variant had increased transport capacity (relative to its predecessor, the LVT-2) and a ramp in the rear for disembarking troops and cargo. Its armament consisted of two pintle-mounted .50 (12.7 mm) Browning M2HB machine guns and two pintle-mounted .30-06 (7.62 mm) Browning M1919A4 machine guns. The type had a maximum ground speed of 20 mph. The LVT-4 was by far the most numerous version of the LVT, with multiple American manufacturers delivering 8,348 units. Of these, the U.S. Army received 6,083, the British Army 500, and the U.S. Navy the remainder. It saw service in the Pacific theater beginning with action in Saipan in June 1944.