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

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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

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[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
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[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
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[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
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[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
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[37] https://www.usarmygermany.com/units/T...
[38] Hill, B. "One of those Little-Known Cold War Adventures" https://transportation.army.mil/histo...
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