Cobi Landing Craft LCVP Higgins Boat
The landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP)
 
This set includes:
Vehicle
1x Cobi Landing Craft LCVP Higgins Boat
75th anniversary of the D-Day Landings and the Battle of Normandy 
( Historical Collection WW2 Set No.4813)
 
DESCRIPTION
The landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP) or Higgins boat was a landing craft used extensively in amphibious landings in World War II. The craft was designed by Andrew Higgins based on boats made for operating in swamps and marshes. More than 23,358 were built, by Higgins Industries and licensees.
Satisfactory in most respects, the boat's major drawback appeared to be that equipment had to be unloaded, and men disembarked, over the sides, thus exposing them to enemy fire in combat situations and making unloading time consuming and complex.
The LCVP had two machine gun positions at the bow.
The Higgins boat was used for many amphibious landings, including Operation Overlord on D-Day in Nazi German-occupied Normandy, and previously Operation Torch in North Africa, the Allied invasion of Sicily, Operation Shingle and Operation Avalanche in Italy, Operation Dragoon, as well as in the Pacific Theatre at the Battle of Guadalcanal, the Battle of Tarawa, the Battle of the Philippines, the Battle of Iwo Jima and the Battle of Okinawa.
 
This set contains small parts and is not intended for childern under 3 years.