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Higgins Beachmaster
United States · built by Higgins Industries
| Also known as | Beachmaster |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Higgins Industries |
| Country | United States |
| Built | 1944– |
| Status | Prototype |
| Use | Military |
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The Beachmaster was an amphibious vehicle built by Higgins Industries of New Orleans, Louisiana, the firm best known for its landing craft. The company's own photographic files from 1944-45 list it as an amphibious tank ("Amp. Tank").
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Higgins photographs in the archive show the Beachmaster on the Lake Pontchartrain beach at New Orleans in September 1944. Others show it lowered by crane onto a railway wagon and tipped on its side for shipment in January 1945, and in a warehouse in April 1945. The close-ups show its running gear, which combined tyres with a main and an auxiliary track-and-bogie installation. In June 1945 it was photographed driving out of a Louisiana swamp.
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2 Photographs
16 photographs in the archive folder. Click any image to view it full size.
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