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LVT-3 "Bushmaster"
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The Bushmaster was powered by two engines, one in each sponson that connected
trough a hydraumatic transmission to a final drive in the front of the tractor.
The hydraumatic had four forward and one reverse speed.
In DR mode the hydaumatic shifted automaticly to the several forward speeds.
In LO the automatic shifting was limited to first and second gear.
The hull was divided into a driving compartment and the cargo compartment.
The gunners had a step at the front of the cargo compartment just
behind the drivers seat.
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Driver seat in LVT 3 the driver sits in the midle with the co driver on his right.
Three safety glass windows where provided in the front of the cab. There were
two side windows
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The tracks on the LVT 3 are rubber bushed where the other models had a dry pin type.
There where 103 track plates 12 in wide per side the others have 73 and those are 14 in wide.
But the LVT 3 functioned as well or better in spite of the narrow tracks.
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The LVT-3 had a fluid drive so that the driver did not need to shift gears much.
It was 24'6" feed long 11'2" wide and 9'2" high.
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Interesting detail is that it had a ramp in the back not at the front as
the landing crafts and many other amphibians have.
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In 1949 the bushmaster was modernized by an armoured cover over the cargo bay.
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"Russ Morgan" morganru@oneimage.com is restoring an LVT 3 and he can use, .......
Well by the looks of the picture he can use anything
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