A lighter, in generic nautical terms, is a small craft used to offload cargo
from a large ship at a location where there is no port. So I would guess
Tank Lighter could refer to some small barge that would ferry tanks from
ship to shore. A more generic term I guess then a specific L designation.
I've usually seen amtrack written as amtrac in most historical writing of
WWII as refering to amphibian tractors used by the marines at Guadalcanal,
Tarawa, etc. in the Pacific. There's a good drawing on p 33 of Jack Coggins
"The Campaign for Guadalcanal" of an LVT "Alligator", an unarmoured craft
with a 50 and 30 cal MG. The tracks look a bit like a series of sand scoups
and I think were the only means of propulsion (no prop!)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kerry Bernstein" <kbernste@us.ibm.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 6:41 AM
Subject: [MV] Away All Boats
> Thanks for the recommendation, list. Dodson
> clearly knew his subject well. Great book. I'd appreciate
> some glossary help, however..... Any decoding of the
> following appreciated:
>
> Amtrack - Amphibious Tracked vehicle?
> Tank Lighter?
> VP
> LCM
> LVT
> LCVP
> LCT
> LCP
> Attack transport - I presume it looks like a freighter
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Kerry Bernstein
>
>
>
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