( portmanteaus of "amphibious tractor"), and "alligator" or "gator."ĭevelopment The Alligator The types were known as amphtrack, "amtrak", "amtrac", etc. Originally intended solely as cargo carriers for ship to shore operations, they evolved into assault troop and fire support vehicles. (The USN and USMC use "L" to designate Amphibious vessels, also called "L class.") The United States Army, Canadian Army and British Army used several LVT models during World War II, and referred to those vehicles as "Landing Vehicle, Tracked." The Amphibious Vehicle, Tracked ( LVT) is an amphibious warfare vehicle and amphibious landing craft, introduced by the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps.
LVT-4 approaches Iwo Jima LVT-1 exhibited by manufacturer (FMC) in 1941 parade in Lakeland, Florida A prototype during testing, 1940
This unit was bolstered by 14 Type 95 light tanks under the command of Ensign Ohtani.40 km/h (25 mph), in water 11 km/h (6.8 mph) It was commanded by Commander Takeo Sugai. They were reinforced by the 7th Sasebo Special Naval Landing Force, with a strength of 1,497 men. The 3rd Special Base Defense Force assigned to Tarawa had a strength of 1,112 men. The Special Naval Landing Force was the marine component of the IJN, and were known by US intelligence to be more highly trained, better disciplined, more tenacious and to have better small unit leadership than comparable units of the Imperial Japanese Army. The garrison itself was made up of forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Approximately 1,200 of the men in these two groups were Korean labourers. Navy, along with the 970 men of the Fourth Fleet's construction battalion were brought in. The Japanese worked intensely for nearly a year to fortify the island.To aid the garrison in the construction of the defenses, the 1,247 men of the 111th Pioneers, similar to the Seabees of the U.S. Answer: 4,836 (2,636 IJN Marines and 2,200 construction labourers)
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