Landing Craft Tank (Rocket)

Used by both British and U.S. forces, the craft saw service in the Normandy landings, the Mediterranean and the Far East.

The front loading door was welded shut and an additional deck installed above the tank storage bay to provide a mounting for the rocket launching racks.

The craft was also fitted with a Type 970 radar set whose primary use was for rangefinding, but was also successfully used for navigation.

The remainder of the seventeen man crew took shelter, at the point of firing, in the below-deck space described above.

The projectors were cordite-filled tubes, firing 7-pound (3.2 kg) high explosive heads.