LARC-LX: Tactics of the Army’s Massive Amphibious Truck

Become a Patron to support us & get exclusive perks:   / battleorder   Or Sign-Up as a Youtube Member:    / @battleorder   Check out our merch shop for new prints, apparel and other stuff!: https://battleorder.myshopify.com/ If you'd like to make a one-time donation to Battle Order: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... For tank articles and illustrations: https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ Other Platforms • Website: https://www.battleorder.org/ • 2nd Channel:    / battleorder2   Social Media • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/battleorder.org • Instagram:   / battle.order   • Facebook:   / battle.order   Chapters: 0:00 - Overview 2:14 - Specs & Performance 5:28 - Limitations 6:15 - Manufacture 6:53 - LARC-LX Team Org 9:56 - Higher Beach Terminal HQs 11:58 - Service: '50s Maritime Logistics 13:14 - Service: Taiwan 14:50 - U.S. in Vietnam 16:39 - Nuclear Cleanup Sources: [1] https://www.ndtahq.com/preserving-us-... [2] https://transportation.army.mil/histo... [3] FM 5-144 "Engineer Shore Assault Units" (Oct 1963), page 58 [4] FM 55-15 "Transportation Corps Reference Data" (July 1960), page 194 ; TRECOM Technical Report 64-26 "Logistical Over-the-Shore (LOTS) Systems Study" (June 1964) [5] "Operational Report - Lessons Learned, 159th Transportation Battalion (Terminal)" (16 Jun 67), page 3 [6] https://www.twz.com/42472/the-army-ac... [7] AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS II W4Q0003XQ STUDENT HANDOUT, page 18 [8] TM 55-1930-203-10 (Nov 1975) [9] FM 55-50 "Army Water Transport Operations" (Oct 1976), page 2-4 [10] "Operational Report - Lessons Learned, 159th Transportation Battalion (Terminal)" (16 Jun 67), page 4 [11] FM 55-70 "Army Transportation Container Operations" (May 1977), page 4-10 [12] AMCP 706-350 "Engineering Design Handbook: Wheeled Amphibians" (Jan 1971), page 3-5 [13] FM 55-70 (May 1977), page 6-3 ; TRECOM Technical Report 64-26, page 38 [14] https://www.globalsecurity.org/milita... [15] The Big Picture - Transportation Corps Part IX [16] FM 101-10 (Part I) "Staff Officers' Field Manual: Organization, Technical, and Logistical Data" (Oct 1961), p. 246 [17] TM 55-1930-203-10 (Nov 1975), page 1-1 [18] FM 55-50-1 (Test) "Transportation Amphibian Operations" (March 1967), page 24 [19] FM 55-50-1 (Test) (March 1967), page 11 [20] "Operational Report - Lessons Learned, Headquarters, 394th Transportation Battalion, Period Ending 30 April 1969" (25 Aug 69), page 7 [21] "Operational Report - Lessons Learned, 159th Transportation Battalion (Terminal)" (16 Jun 67), page 5 [22] https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... [23] FM 55-70 (May 1977), page 4-10 ; FM 55-50-1 (Test) (March 1967), page 11 [24] FM 101-10-2 "Organizational, Technical, and Logistical Data Extracts of Nondivisional Tables of Organization and Equipment" (Oct 1969), page 480; FM 55-50 (Oct 1976), page 3-3 [25] FM 55-50 (Sep 1993), page 2-14 [26] FM 55-50-1 (Test) (March 1967), page 50 [27] FM 101-10-2 (Oct 1969), page 27-34 [28] FM 55-51 (Aug 1972), page 4-4 [29] FM 101-10-2 (July 1975), page 27-29 [30] FM 55-50 (Oct 1976), page 3-3 [31] https://man.fas.org/dod-101/sys/ship/... ; FM 55-51 (Aug 1972), page 5-11 [32] FM 55-51 (Aug 1972), page 2-5 [33] FM 55-50 (Oct 1976), page 3-1 [34] FM 55-60 "Army Terminal Operations" (Sep 1970), page 2-5 [35] FM 55-51 (Aug 1972), pages 4-1 to 4-2 [36] https://transportation.army.mil/histo... [37] https://www.usarmygermany.com/units/T... [38] Hill, B. "One of those Little-Known Cold War Adventures" https://transportation.army.mil/histo... [39] https://andro0918.pixnet.net/blog/pos... ; https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=6... [40] https://www.mastermarinesurveyor.com/... ; https://transportation.army.mil/histo... ; "Operational Report - Lessons Learned, 159th Transportation Battalion (Terminal)" (16 Jun 67) ; "Operational Report - Lessons Learned, Headquarters, 394th Transportation Battalion, Period Ending 30 April 1969" (25 Aug 69) ; "Operational Report - Lessons Learned, Headquarters, 394th Transportation Battalion, Period Ending 31 July 1969" (5 Nov 1969) ; https://www.army.mil/article/257682/c... [41] Defense Nuclear Agency (1981), "The Radiological Clean up of Enewetak Atoll" [42] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ca...