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LVT1 the first AmTrac
« on: October 02, 2018, 10:12:19 pm »
An addition to the release of the FMC designed/built family of LVTs that is/has not been produced in this scale is the original AmTrac - the LVT1.  It was the vehicle that allowed the USMC to develop it's mechanized amphibious doctrine and was the vehicle that participated in all the initial battles of the Pacific campaign as well as actions in the Aleutians.  The options of variant are limited to the cab, whether it is the early version with widely spaced windows or the later with windows closer together or a cab with attached boiler plate armor as seen on LVT1s that landed on Tarawa in November of 1943.
Given the small production and its use essentially only in the opening stages of WWII it may need to be done in resin/pewter.  However this would still fill a gap in the lineage of LVTs that exists in all scales and mediums today.