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Offline Raphael

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Re: huggins boats
« Reply #15 on: January 11, 2012, 12:32:35 AM »
we all misspell


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Re: huggins boats
« Reply #16 on: January 11, 2012, 12:34:28 AM »
Yeah, but I can't take him seriously. A f%!@Q$& "Huggins" boat? What the hell is that  :bhead?
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Re: huggins boats
« Reply #17 on: January 11, 2012, 12:53:39 AM »
This is what got me...

"what i'm thinking for the higgins boats is, to make them about the same speed as a pt boat..    maybe a little slower and it would carry the same amount of troops as the lvts."

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Re: huggins boats
« Reply #18 on: January 11, 2012, 01:12:48 AM »
Quote from: Tank-Ace on January 11, 2012, 12:28:44 AM
You know what, if he can't even take the time to make sure the title is spelled correctly, he doesn't deserve his wish even if it DID have some merit.

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Offline AHTbolt

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Re: huggins boats
« Reply #19 on: January 11, 2012, 07:44:30 AM »
Another problem besides spelling the Higgings boat was never used at Normandy and they could not carry a vehicles, why not you say. Because the bow ramp was too narrow, the LCVP is what hes asking for, it could carry infantry or a jeep and trailer or cargo and was armed with 2 30cals and the bow door was armored.
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Re: huggins boats
« Reply #20 on: January 11, 2012, 07:45:14 AM »
Not wanting to rain on anyone's parade here... but sometimes the beach is out of "run range" for the troops.  I would kinda stink to get your boat to the beach, open the door, and just have them sit there.

Like the idea... but it wouldnt work for "all" amphibious landings.
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« Reply #21 on: January 11, 2012, 08:07:43 AM »
Sorry I should have stated early higgins boats and the LCVP were both made by the higgins boat company
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Re: huggins boats
« Reply #22 on: January 11, 2012, 01:03:51 PM »
Quote from: AHTbolt on January 11, 2012, 08:07:43 AM
Sorry I should have stated early higgins boats and the LCVP were both made by the higgins boat company

So were some PT boats.  :noid
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Re: huggins boats
« Reply #23 on: January 11, 2012, 01:20:33 PM »
Quote from: AHTbolt on January 11, 2012, 07:44:30 AM
Another problem besides spelling the Higgings boat was never used at Normandy and they could not carry a vehicles, why not you say. Because the bow ramp was too narrow, the LCVP is what hes asking for, it could carry infantry or a jeep and trailer or cargo and was armed with 2 30cals and the bow door was armored.

Higgin boats (LCVPs) were used in all theaters during the war by the Allies.

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Soldiers of the 1st ID aboard a Higgins boat inbound to Omaha Beach.

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Re: huggins boats
« Reply #24 on: January 11, 2012, 02:40:30 PM »
Sorry i see where i wasent clear. I was trying to compare the early higgins boats which had a narrow ramp to the higgins built LCVP which had the wide ramp. After the early landings in the Pacific the feedback led the Higgins company to square the bow and add the bigger ramp. I wasent saying that the landing craft wasent used just pointing out the differences between early and later modles.   
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Re: huggins boats
« Reply #25 on: January 11, 2012, 04:32:10 PM »
all for it but then we need 20 troops in the boat that i can strafe running across the beach lol
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« Reply #26 on: January 11, 2012, 04:39:49 PM »
But now if you add the LCM-3 you can land a halftrack with troops. That would be a winner I think.
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Re: huggins boats
« Reply #27 on: January 11, 2012, 06:34:31 PM »
Quote from: AHTbolt on January 11, 2012, 04:39:49 PM
But now if you add the LCM-3 you can land a halftrack with troops. That would be a winner I think.

LCT... may as well kill all the birds with one stone...   imagine... a tiger, a whirble, some other aa/afv support and an m3 w/troops...  wait til we get towable guns...  :noid 

no need for LSTs when you can launch multiple LCTs and LVT's.  LCMs too small - or rather too much troop space.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_craft_tank 
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Re: huggins boats
« Reply #28 on: January 11, 2012, 08:45:08 PM »
Quote from: Shane on January 11, 2012, 06:34:31 PM
LCT... may as well kill all the birds with one stone...   imagine... a tiger, a whirble, some other aa/afv support and an m3 w/troops...  wait til we get towable guns...  :noid 

no need for LSTs when you can launch multiple LCTs and LVT's.  LCMs too small - or rather too much troop space.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_craft_tank 
nothing that help more then 1 tank should ever be added
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« Reply #29 on: January 11, 2012, 09:33:43 PM »
The LCM-3 had a 30 ton payload so you could land half-tracks, M-8s, wirbles, jeeps and add a Duce and a half and you could land field supplies, vehicle supplies and tow guns if we were to get them.
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