LVT A5 AmTrac Beach Run

[yolkhere]

Steel magnificence !

[3006shooter]

Great video!! Looks like Del Mar has changed a lot since I was there in 1980. Who did the restoration on the LVT-4?

YATYAS

[pairhawk]

You guys work on it at Schools BN or on the ramp?

[pattoncommander]

White hatch interiors are an absolute taboo in any army. Hatches are the same color as the outside of the tank. A white hatch merely flashes a "here i am" signal, destroys your camouflage efforts and provides a great aiming point. Many people who restore AFVs and have no real experience with operating them do not realize the importance of this dangerous practise.

[pattoncommander]

doesn't the USMC have regs against white hatch covers? They make excellent targets,

[balongaboy]

@pattoncommander its over 60 years old. its not going anywere that they need to worry about that

[GhostofCicero]

@pattoncommander That's the interior of the hatch.

[lna0dk]

This is absolutely awesome . Wats this filmed at Del Mar?

[kasper2514]

Aaaaaaaaw no, I was sooooooooooo hoping to see it swim!

[kiwitedferny]

Fantastic to see you guys making the effort to keep this history 'alive'.

[EnterpriseXI]

is it back firing? 5:00

[wvufanngarner]

Is not the ones that were in the pacific theatre against the japanese but Korea era, was a tottaly different vehicle by Vietnam. cool though, past and present @ 3:27 still running. jarheads could take a beach with a crate of milk cartons !!!

YAT YAS

[3dvorator]

In our base in Italy ,near Venezia,we had since 1957 #45 LVT MK4 they was in service until 1976 when all these old unit with a fantastic continental radial nine cylinder powerplant were replaced by # 15 new LVT P7,i was under the army in 90'-91' some years later they was upgraded to AAVP7 and some new unit were bought ,currently in Italy we have 2 battalion that used these amtrac battalion Lagunari Venezia and San Marco battalion in Taranto.

[be25gray]

should have had the efv behind the aavp7ram/rs. Yat Yas!

Gray 01-05

[TTCostas]

Nice to see a veteran vehicle running again, but they made a big mistake during restoration: They painted it in a WW-II style scheme, while the vehicle is a LVT(A)-5 Modified (post-war upgrade by FMC) that saw service in Korea.

[flyn4hi]

yat yas and semper fi

I miss my amtrac

2nd AABN D304 95-99

[bluewolfy26]

its not pretty or fast,but it runs...kinda cool lookin tho

[balongaboy]

oh no there are pretty dam fast and the restored ones look much better they have some weird front end modification on theirs

[nooksolo]

dude the stumps is inland i dont remember there being an ocean at 29stumps

[orc42]

is this in 29palms look like it bro.

[InfernalThunder]

I see it almost every day, but i had no idea it actually works!

[ctdrunkenmonkey]

YAT YAS. still remember that old beast from when i was there :). still have pics of her.

[Ghostrider304]

Dan, Great vid, you luck SOB. I need to get out to CA and visit.

Will-

[mazzikim]

Beautiful Camp Del Mar. It's good to see a old hog with some life left in it.