G±sienicowy pojazd amfibijny amtrac z rodziny amerykanskch p³ywaj±cych transporterów g±sienicowych, uæywanych w czasie II wojny ¶wiatowej do celów desantowych. Amtrac powsta³ na bazie elementów podwozia czolgu M3 i z pocz±tku nie mia³ przeznaczenia bojowego. Pierwsze "amtraki" zaprojektowano do celów cywilnych na bagnistych terenach na Florydzie. Jednak w pocz±tkach wojny, gdy sta³o siź oczywiste, æe wojska amerykańskie bźd± musia³y podejmowaę operacje desantowe na wyspach Pacyfiku, zaistnia³a konieczno¶ę zaadaptowania cywilnego projektu do celów wojskowych. W ten sposób dosz³o do skonstruowania pojazdów LVT-1, -2, -3 i -4 (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) z silnikiem benzynowym Continental W970 o mocy 250 KM pozwalaj±cym na osi±ganie prźdko¶ci na l±dzie 32 km/h i w wodzie 12 km/h. LVT waæy³y oko³o 11 (z ³adunkiem do 13) ton. Zasiźg 160 km. Uzbrojenie w wersji LVT-4 to karabiny maszynowe kalibru 12,7 mm i 7,62 mm. W pó¼niejszych wersjach pojawia³y siź armaty 37 mm, a nawet 75 mm. Do zakończenia dzia³ań wojennych na Pacyfiku wyprodukowano ponad 14 tysiźcy amtraków.
Amtrac kāpurķē¾u amfībijas transportlīdzeklis no amerikāņu peldo¹o kāpurķē¾u transportieru saimes, ko Otrā pasaules kara laikā izmantoja amfībijas operācijām. Amtrac tika izstrādāts no M3 tanka ¹asijas un sākotnēji nebija paredzēts kaujas lieto¹anai. Pirmie "amtraki" bija paredzēti civilai lieto¹anai purvainā apgabalā Floridā. Taču kara sākumā, kad kļuva skaidrs, ka ASV karaspēkam būs jāveic amfībijas operācijas Klusā okeāna salās, radās nepiecie¹amība pielāgot civilo dizainu militārām vajadzībām. Tādā veidā tika izstrādāti transportlīdzekļi LVT-1, -2, -3 un -4 (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) ar Continental W970 benzīna dzinēju ar 250 ZS jaudu, kas spēj sasniegt ātrumu uz sauszemes 32 km/h. un ūdenī ar ātrumu 12 km/h. LVT svēra aptuveni 11 (ar kravu līdz 13) tonnas. Diapazons 160 km. LVT-4 versijas bruņojums ir 12,7 mm un 7,62 mm lo¾metēji. Vēlākajās versijās parādījās 37 mm un pat 75 mm lielgabali. Līdz karadarbības beigām Klusajā okeānā tika sara¾oti vairāk nekā 14 000 LVT.
Jeep Willys (other names: Willys MB, Jeep) is an American off-road car from the Second World War and the post-war period. The first prototypes of the car were built in 1940, and serial production was carried out in 1940-1945. Nearly 650,000 copies of it were created in its course! The weight of the cart was about 1.1 tons, with a length of 3.36 meters and a width of 1.57 meters. The drive was provided by a single engine with a power of 60 HP. The maximum speed was up to 105 km / h.
The Jeep Willys was developed to order and demanded by the US Army, which in 1940, faced with the war, asked for a completely new 4x4 passenger car with a load capacity of up to 250 kilograms, which could be mass-produced. It is worth adding that initially the American Bantam Car with the Bantam BRC was the clear favorite in the tender. However, the US Department of Defense, striving to ensure the best possible car design and trying to ensure trouble-free series production, handed over the plans for the Bantam BRC to the Willys and Ford plants. Based on these plans, Willys developed a Jeep that had a much better power unit than the original Bantam BRC, as well as being mechanically more perfect. Ultimately, it was this car, the Willys Jeep, that won the tender for the US Army. The presented car was actually mass-produced and went to almost all Anglo-Saxon armies fighting in World War II, and thanks to the Lend-and-Lease program, also to the Soviet Union. He took part in hostilities in North Africa, Italy, Northwest Europe and the Pacific. It is often assumed that the Jeep Willys is one of the symbols of American triumph in World War II.