"Without these amphibians, landing operations on the Pacific Islands would not be possible" - this is how the American LVT floating vehicles assessed (Landing Vehicle Tracked) Marine Corps veteran General Holland M.Smit. Based on the Alligator rescue tracked transporter, the family of American amphibious assault vehicles and amphibious tanks distinguished themselves on all fronts of World War II, from the Great Ocean to Europe, and then fought in Korea, Vietnam, and the Suez Canal zone. In this book, based not only on open sources, but also available only to specialists in technical and patent documentation, you will find comprehensive information on the history of the creation, production and combat use of these floating transporters, which have become a separate class of armored vehicles. For completeness, comparative data of similar machines created in Japan and the Third Reich are given. The collector's edition on premium coated paper is illustrated with hundreds of exclusive schemes, drawings and photographs.