Italeri has released Lcvp With Ton. Utility Truck and Soldiers in 1/35 Scale Models assembly kit under Boat/ Landing Craft Navy Military Series category
Produced by Higgins Industries regarding the latest Orleans on such foundation as a flat-bottomed motorboat utilized in the Louisiana marshlands, the LCVP (Landing Craft, car and Personnel) took part in almost every the primary amphibious operations of second World War, in European countries this means Pacific. Its task is to shuttle backward and forward between your big vessels and beaches, supporting to thirty men, light cars as well as other things that is required. In most cases armed with two rear-mounted device tools, it turned out powered by a 250 HP Hall Scott petrol engine or a 225 HP Gray diesel engine. After the end from the second World War the LCVP stayed in service, occupying several functions. It saw action in Korea and Indochina and has now been modified for civilian use around the world.
