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Jim Gilmore wrote:
>
> Henry Vanetta (Ohio) has a LVT 4 A which has the turret with cannon.
>On the bulkhead behind the driver is a factory installed data plate that
>states "Water Buffalo" and has the same drawing. As far as the Food
>Machinery Co. (FMC) which built both models, is concerned, they are all
>Water Buffaloes.
> They may have many other nicknames, but the correct name is what the
>manufacturer officially called them.
Jim,
I think there is confusion here between the manufacturer's designation,
which was the same for all models ("Water Buffalo"), and the names given to
them in service, which differenciated between the unarmed ("Buffalo") and
the armed models ("Alligator").
The LVT4A WAS known as "Alligator" in the French Army in Indochina.
Cheers,
Ron the Frog, on the banks of the Paraguay River.
A closed mouth gathers no foot.
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