HealzDevo
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Okay, interesting. What amphibious vehicles did the British use at or around this time? Were their amphibious vehicles US ones or local ones or what?
Landing Craft
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ccheese
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tasdev:
Found this for you, one is a LCF Mark 3 the other a LCF Mark 4
Landing Craft Flak
The Landing Craft Flak (LCF) was a conversion of the LCT intended to give anti-aircraft support to the landing. They were first used in the Dieppe Raid early in 1942. The ramp was welded shut, and a deck built on top of the Tank deck. They were equipped with several light anti-aircraft guns—a typical fitting was eight 20 mm Oerlikons and four QF 2 pdr "pom-poms" and had a crew of 60. Royal Navy examples had mixed crews, with the operation of the craft being the responsibility of RN crew and the manning of the guns being done by Royal Marines. They carried two naval officers and two marine officers.
Found this for you, one is a LCF Mark 3 the other a LCF Mark 4
Landing Craft Flak
The Landing Craft Flak (LCF) was a conversion of the LCT intended to give anti-aircraft support to the landing. They were first used in the Dieppe Raid early in 1942. The ramp was welded shut, and a deck built on top of the Tank deck. They were equipped with several light anti-aircraft guns—a typical fitting was eight 20 mm Oerlikons and four QF 2 pdr "pom-poms" and had a crew of 60. Royal Navy examples had mixed crews, with the operation of the craft being the responsibility of RN crew and the manning of the guns being done by Royal Marines. They carried two naval officers and two marine officers.
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LCF19 was a mark 4 with the 4 x 2pd and 8 x 20mm as per the previous message. I have a photo of the type but the ones before are better than mine.
