Landing Craft, Infantry and Fire Support

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Landing Craft, Infantry and Fire Support

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Described by one soldier as “a metal box designed by a sadist to move soldiers across the water,” the Landing Craft, Infantry was a large beaching craft intended to deliver an infantry company to a hostile shore, once the beachhead was secured. The LCI and its vehicle-delivery counterpart, the Landing Ship, Medium were widely used by the allies during World War II. Later, the hulls of these ships were used as the basis for a fire support ship. While the landing ships were phased out after the Korean War, some fire support craft remained in use throughout the Vietnam War. This book tells the developmental and operational history of this important tool of American amphibious military strategy that spanned three wars.

Table of Contents

Introduction /Design and Development /Operational History /Further Reading

Product details

Published 10 Jun 2009
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 48
ISBN 9781846034350
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 30 b/w; 17 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series New Vanguard
Short code NVG 157
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Gordon L. Rottman

Gordon L. Rottman entered the US Army in 1967, vol…

Illustrator

Peter Bull

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