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Normandy Tank Museum
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Caterpillar D8 Bulldozer of 1941used in 1944 D-Day landings. http://steamfestival.co.uk/2009rep.htm
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Famous Jeep going out a LVT-4 amphibious vehicle. Willys and Ford manufactured 637.770 Jeep from 1941 to 1945.
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Truck, Amphibian, 2,5 T, 6x6, DUKW, built by GMC at 21147 units between 1942 and 1945.
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M7 Priest or 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7. 23 t, 40 km/h, 400 hp, 3470 built in 1942-45.
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Dodge 4x4, Weapon Carrier 3/4 Ton, WC 51, buillt by Dodge Brothers Corp. (Div of Chrysler Corp.) at 123541 units in the 40s.
Lower left : Ambulance, 3/4 Ton, WC 54, 4x4, built at 26002 units
Right : Command Car WC56 built at 21156 units.
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General Stuart Tank, Light, M3A1 or M3 Tank Stuart and M5A1, manufactured by American Car and Foundry Co. 37 mm gun, 14.7 t, 250 hp, 58 km/h, range 120 km. 25000 produced all versions (M3/M5).
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Sherman Tank : Tank, Medium, M4, built by Balwin Locomotive Works and Detroit Arsenal. 75 mm gun.
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M25 Tank Transporter and LVT 4 tracked amphibious vehicle. M25, nicknamed Dragon Wagon was composed of 6x6 armored tractor M26 a 40-ton semi-trailer M15. Manufactured by Pacific and Foundry Co. at over 1300 units, M26 was driven at rear by chains, had a speed of 26 km/h with a mass of 22 t. The trailer M15 weighted 19 t.
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Landing Tracked Vehicle LVT 4, nicknamed Amtrak. 2962 units produced by FMC Corporation bethween 1942 and 1945. They were used for landings in water strewn with rocks or shoals. Donald Roebling conceived the first vehicle in 1935. 250 hp, 7 + 2 men, total mass 6.5 t, payload 4 t, 32 km/h, 12 km/h on water.
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Half-Track M3, Armored Personal Carrier, built by White, Autocar Company and Diamond T Motor company at about 41000 copies from 1940 to 1945. The half-track design, tested on Citroën-Kegresse had been evaluated by Ordnance Department to find a high mobility infantry vehicle. 9.3 t, 147 hp, 72 km/h.
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Scout Car M3A1, 4x4 of White Motor Co which produced 20918 units all types between 1940 and 1944.
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Ford GPA 'Seep' amphibious vehicle produced at 12778 units in 1942-43.
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Daimler Dingo from England : 3 t, 88 km/h, range 320 km, 55 hp. 6626 produced.
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Harley Davidson Motorcycles of the 40s
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