The Landing Craft, Mechanised Mark 1 or LCM was a landing craft used extensively in the Second World War. Its primary purpose was to ferry tanks from transport ships to attack enemy-held shores. Ferry
Two examples of the LCM(1) during the 1942 Dieppe Raid. On the right is an earlier model without the later fully armoured steering shelter. This craft also has been given additional armour around the tank well and a ramp extension.
The Landing Barge, Kitchen or LBK was a landing craft used to support amphibious landings in North Western Europe during and after the Normandy invasion in the Second World War. Its primary purpose wa
A Landing Barge, Kitchen amid LCVs and LCM(3)s during the Invasion of Normandy, 1944.