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Ported to OBJ from the model created by Bruce Fitzgerald for Microsoft's Combat Flight Simulator 2 (CFS2). Preview picture posed in XNALara XPS. NO MODEL DOWNLOAD.

First entering service in 1986, the LCAC (pronounced ELL-kak) was the primary landing craft for the United States Marine Corps (USMC) during the last two decades of the Cold War and for some time after that. It can carry 180 troops in full field gear, or up to 60 tons of cargo (75 tons in overload conditions), or any combination thereof. It was also built with a roll-on, roll-off capability for military vehicles. It was a rather dramatic innovation in USN/USMC amphibious operations at the time, due to the fact that it was the first large hovercraft or air cushion vehicle they had deployed for use in such a fashion. The reason for doing so was to enable it to overcome obstacles that would hinder or even block traditional landing barges and such. It has proven very successful over time, and saw its first major combat deployment during the Gulf War in 1990-91. Six were also sold to Japan for use by Japanse maritime troops, and by all reports were as equally successful in their use as with the USMC. Starting in 2000 all LCACs underwent service life refits not unlike the SLEP program for naval warships to keep them operational as long as possible due to their proven value, with the last such finished in 2020. Even before that, however, the United States Navy (USN), the parent organization of the USMC, began retiring its oldest LCACs as they hit and passed the three decade mark in age. As the number of available LCACs continued to slowly dwindle, there were plans to replace them with a new type, the Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) LCAC 100. The first SSC was delivered in 2020. To find out more about the USN/USMC's revolutionary LCAC landing craft of the Cold War era, follow the link below:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_…

This is a straight port with no changes by me. This model is unrigged, although both the front and back ramp doors are separate objects and can be rigged by those who know how.

This is not my model. All I did was port it to OBJ for you. Please credit Bruce Fitzgerald if you use this in any of your own 3D projects. You do not have to credit me for my part.

For non-profit, non-commercial use only.

Description
Ported to OBJ from the model created by Bruce Fitzgerald for Microsoft's Combat Flight Simulator 2 (CFS2). Preview picture posed in XNALara XPS. NO MODEL DOWNLOAD.

First entering service in 1986, the LCAC (pronounced ELL-kak) was the primary landing craft for the United States Marine Corps (USMC) during the last two decades of the Cold War and for some time after that. It can carry 180 troops in full field gear, or up to 60 tons of cargo (75 tons in overload conditions), or any combination thereof. It was also built with a roll-on, roll-off capability for military vehicles. It was a rather dramatic innovation in USN/USMC amphibious operations at the time, due to the fact that it was the first large hovercraft or air cushion vehicle they had deployed for use in such a fashion. The reason for doing so was to enable it to overcome obstacles that would hinder or even block traditional landing barges and such. It has proven very successful over time, and saw its first major combat deployment during the Gulf War in 1990-91. Six were also sold to Japan for use by Japanse maritime troops, and by all reports were as equally successful in their use as with the USMC. Starting in 2000 all LCACs underwent service life refits not unlike the SLEP program for naval warships to keep them operational as long as possible due to their proven value, with the last such finished in 2020. Even before that, however, the United States Navy (USN), the parent organization of the USMC, began retiring its oldest LCACs as they hit and passed the three decade mark in age. As the number of available LCACs continued to slowly dwindle, there were plans to replace them with a new type, the Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) LCAC 100. The first SSC was delivered in 2020. To find out more about the USN/USMC's revolutionary LCAC landing craft of the Cold War era, follow the link below:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_…

This is a straight port with no changes by me. This model is unrigged, although both the front and back ramp doors are separate objects and can be rigged by those who know how.

This is not my model. All I did was port it to OBJ for you. Please credit Bruce Fitzgerald if you use this in any of your own 3D projects. You do not have to credit me for my part.

For non-profit, non-commercial use only.