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Higgins Boat/Landing Craft

By: I Will NEVER Grow Up Games

Type: Miniatures Pack

Product Line: Board Game Minis, World War II - United States (I Will NEVER Grow Up Games)

5 figures

Last Stocked on 7/6/2022

Product Info

Title
Higgins Boat/Landing Craft
Publish Year
2020
Dimensions
2x2x.25"
NKG Part #
2147833047
MFG. Part #
IWN3002
Type
Miniatures Pack

Description

The landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP) or Higgins boat was a landing craft used extensively in amphibious landings in World War II. Typically constructed from plywood, this shallow-draft, barge-like boat could ferry a roughly platoon-sized complement of 36 men to shore at 9 knots (17 km/h). Men generally entered the boat by climbing down a cargo net hung from the side of their troop transport; they exited by charging down the boat's lowered bow ramp.

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

The Supreme Allied commander, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, declared the Higgins boat to have been crucial to the Allied victory on the European Western Front and the previous fighting in North Africa and Italy.

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.

A 3D Printed Board Game Miniature Piece for a variety of board games, such as Axis and Allies.

Miniatures are supplied unpainted and some assembly may be required.