The landing craft mechanized is a military landing craft designed for carrying personnel and vehicles from ship to shore without requiring a pier or other shore-based structure. Multiple different mod
U.S. Navy landing craft mechanized (LCM) during logistics exercise in June 2009
Troops and an LCM in August 1943
An LCM during the invasion of Leyte
Two British LCM(2)s after the Dieppe Raid 1942
The Landing Craft, Mechanized Mark 2 or LCM was a landing craft used for amphibious landings early in the United States' involvement in the Second World War. Though its primary purpose was to transpor
An LCM (2) being loaded with an M2A4 light tank during landing operations at Guadalcanal
Ramp down, this LCM(2) prepares to disembark a Dodge command reconnaissance truck during the Guadalcanal campaign.