The LCAC, short for Landing Craft Air-Cushioned, is the beastly hovercraft used by the United States Marine Corps. This ship is designed to transport supplies, vehicles, and troops to the shore from a Wasp class assault ship or other dock-landing/amphibious cargo ships participating in an amphibious assault. These huge hovercraft can travel at up to 40 knots (46 mph), and have 2 machine gun emplacements and additional weapon mounting stations that can support additional machine guns or 40 mm grenade launchers. There really isn’t a huge demand for armaments on this ship, as it will hit the shores after the EFVs and long after initial bombardment from maritime strike fighters such as the Harrier jump-jet or the new F35 Lightning.
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Hello
i just want to know if this hovercraft can inter to a concrete slope way have aslope 1 to 3
Posted on August 6th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Yes the hovercraft with a load can traverse up to a 6% grade.
Posted on August 26th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Can this be used in Haiti to off load ships at sea?
Posted on January 15th, 2010 at 3:22 am
My dad was in the marine corps,but he never used a hovercraft.
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
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