The second generation of LVT's was the LVT-2. This vehicle was developed in 1941 and was in production from 1942 to 1945. The LVT-2 was the basic design for a series of vehicles used during WW II.

Melding the buoyancy of a boat with terrain-crossing tracks, the LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) was exactly what the Marines needed, and contracted Roebling in 1940 to develop a military version.

MARLBORO TWP. – The engine of the Landing Vehicle Tracked 4 roared and rattled as the tank-like military vehicle eased its way into the muddy water of a pond. The 29,000-pound amphibian vehicle ...

The LVT-7 (Landing Vehicle Tracked) when first fielded by the US Marine Corps in 1972 was vast improvement over its predecessor the LVT-5. It was more mobile on land, faster in the water, better armed ...

Technically known as the Landing Vehicle, Tracked, the LVT was developed by inventor Donald Roebling in 1935 for swamp use. That gave rise to a nickname—the Alligator, the first of many names ...

A museum will be built in Lincolnshire to house a World War Two landing craft after an application was granted. The Buffalo LVT (landing vehicle, tracked) was dug up by volunteers in Crowland in ...

The LVT began its operational life as little more than a floating truck, according to Britannica. The amphibious vehicles on display at the Thames Traditional Boat Festival were slightly more ...

Dunedin — City officials will hold a dedication ceremony today for a World War II landing vehicle that was acquired last month and placed at VFW Post 2550. The Landing Vehicle Tracked ...

A museum will be built in Lincolnshire to house a World War Two landing craft after an application was granted. The Buffalo LVT (landing vehicle, tracked) was dug up by volunteers in Crowland in 2021.