Gentlemen, I found the picture below on some Chinese i-site describing LeTourneau vehicle designs. This giant frame vehicle with a 4x4 chassis arrangement was probably built in the 1950s or 1960s and was capable of extricating even stranded LCM vessels.
I am looking for information on this vehicle.
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It is a product of Le Tourneau. The vehicle was used to return beached landing craft back to the water, or to bring them ashore if they had a leaky hull or needed other repairs.
The Monster was built in 1955. The tyres were 3 metres in diameter and over 1 metre wide. In each wheel was a separate electric motor, powered by a diesel-generator mounted on the supporting frame.
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Víc nemám, jen snad to, že bylo vyrobeno i zařízení (snad se tomu ani vozidlo říkat nedá) s označením Mk.II, které tu konstrukci mělo "prostorovou"... Viz obrázky z knihy U.S. Military Wheeled Vehicles, Fred W. Crismon, Motorbooks International Publishers and Wholesalers (další údaje neznám).
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Vážení kolegové, děkuji za poskytnuté informace.
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Vážení, na základě vašich informací jsem nalezl několik publikací, které se stručně zmínily o vozidle firmy LeTourneau MA-31 Landing Craft Retriever (LCR).
V roce 1954 byl vyroben jeden kus se seriovým číslem 5234. Na základně U. S. Army's Transportation Corps ve Fort Story, byl podroben intenzivním zkouškám. Díky zkušenostem získaným ze zkoušek a z provozu vzniklo vyprošťovací vozidlo - samohybný portálový jeřáb, s označením: LCR Mark II.
Zdroj Eric C. Orlemann: Letourneau Earthmovers, MBI Publ. Co., St. Paul 2001, ISBN: 9780760308400 Desingn of Wheeled Amphibians, US Army Transportation Research Command, Fort Eutis 1960, ISBN nemá
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