tansports et engins spéciaux du débarquement

[Eric29]

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A LCT and an US Coast Guard-manned boat operating off Normandy, France, Jun 1944; note jeep vehicles onboard the LCT

An early US Army CCKW 2 1-2-ton 6x6 long wheel-base chassis truck fitted with a Mobile Optical Repair unit for the Medical Corps, 1944-1945

An US Army half-track antiaircraft machine gun vehicle backed into the well deck of a US Navy LCT in preparation for the Normandy invasion, late May or early Jun 1944

Bulldozer, Jeep, and other vehicles on an Iwo Jima beach, circa late Feb or early Mar 1945

Canadian Army photographer Lieutenant George Cooper speaking with Captain R. T. Miller and his Humber LRC Mk III crew near Caen, France, Jul 1944

Churchill Ark Mk II (UK pattern) bridging vehicle, date unknown
Churchill Ark Mk II (UK pattern) bridging vehicle, date unknown


Churchill AVRE carpet layer vehicle with bobbin, of UK 79th (Experimental) Armored Division Royal Engineers, circa Mar-Apr 1944


Churchill AVRE fascine carrier passing British infantrymen during the attack towards Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, 23 Oct 1944


Churchill AVRE vehicle of 163rd Brigade, UK 54th Division, with fascine during ditch crossing exercises near Dunwich, England, United Kingdom, 14 Apr 1943


Churchill AVRE vehicle with fascine, of UK 79th (Experimental) Armored Division Royal Engineers, 6 Sep 1943


Churchill Crocodile flamethrower tank, 25 Aug 1944


Cutaway view of the four power trains of the DUKW- front drive wheels, rear drive wheels, propeller, rear winch


Diagram of the early DUKW from the US Army Service Manual


Dodge WC9 1-2 ton ambulance

Dodge WC54 3-4-ton field ambulance converted for use by the US Army Signal Corps; conversions of this type were not unique but they were rare


Early GMC CCKW 2 1-2-ton 6x6 closed cab short wheel base transport with winch and optional gun ring, date unknown


Factory photo of GMC CCKW 2 1-2-ton 6x6 closed cab short wheel base dump truck, Pontiac, Michigan, United States, 1941


High-angled view of a GMC CCKW 2 1-2-ton 6x6 truck converted to serve as a spectacle workshop; some 15% of US soldiers used glasses in the war

Kangaroo armored command post vehicle converted from M7 Priest vehicle in a Dutch town, followed by a Kangaroo armored personnel carrier converted from Ram tank, circa 1945


Kangaroo armored personnel carrier converted from Churchill tank, circa 1944-1945


LST-357 loading vehicles in an English port, in preparation for the invasion of France, circa late May or early Jun 1944


LSTs landing vehicles and cargo on a Normandy beach, June 1944, photo 1 of 2


M3 Half-track ambulance


Medics tending the wounded by a Churchill AVRE vehicle of UK Royal Engineers 5th Assault Regiment, Sword Beach, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944


Men of the British 5th Dorsetshire Regiment crossing the Rhine River into Germany in a Buffalo tracked landing vehicle, 28 Mar 1945


One of the 250 armored bulldozer variant of Cruiser Mk VII Centaur tank, date unknown; also one of the 'Hobart's Funnies'


Sherman BARV vehicle, Earls Court, London, England, United Kingdom, 8 Feb 1944


Sherman Crab flail tank in background


Sherman tank of UK 79th (Experimental) Armored Division Royal Engineers using a Churchill Ark armored ramp carrier to climb a small escarpment, 13 Feb 1944


Specification sheet for the Dodge WC54 field ambulance


US Army M4 High Speed Tractor towing a 155mm Gun M1


US Army M4 High Speed Tractor towing a captured German 8.8 cm FlaK gun, 1944