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LCT Mk4

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The LCT Mk4 was a type of landing craft developed during World War II. It was designed to carry and deploy medium tanks from ship to shore. The LCT Mk4 was capable of carrying six medium tanks and was extensively used in operations such as the Normandy Invasion. These vessels were a modification of the earlier Landing Craft, Tank (LCT) design, with eight different models produced, the Mk4 being the most common. The United States mass-produced 1,435 of these craft.1

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