Landing Craft.

LVTP 1-7. (Landing Vehicle Tracked).

The United States took great advantage of developing the amphibious vehicle during the second world war (1939-45), both for the European front and the Pacific campaign. It was the DUWK or 'Duck which was mostly seen in Europe, being a road truck, that slowely waved through water.

This was slow but it did the job, in the Pacific it was the LVTP-1  tracked landing craft, that since successfull use agains the Japanese over the years has been developed into the modern -7 type.

Both the LVTP-5/7 comprise a massive ammount of troop carrying capacity. The -5, a crew of 3/4 and 34 troops, while the -7 is more flexable with a crew of 2/3 and up to 25 troops. Russia and Czechoslovakia developed their own mass types, the BTR-50 (2+20) and  OT-62/64, 2+15/20+).

But i think that the U.S, has had the better over all in this field, as proved with the two Iraqi wars.

The APC.

Armoured personnel Carriers.

Every army needs to have APC's to mover their troops around in battlefield conditions. The APC's were originally nothing more than an armoured truck or small car, but it was during the second world war that the demand for such vehicles came into their own right. The APC can be both tracked or wheeled, some were developed as half-tracks. It was during the Soviet era that we became familiarised with the BTR family, while the U.S. developed the M113 and a series of LVTP vehicles. Other countries over the years have each developed their own versions. Today examples like LAV and the Bradley can now be armed with a huge variety of guns and missile launchers..