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Amphibious assault troop carrier
Answer for the clue "Amphibious assault troop carrier ", 6 letters:
amtrac
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Caleb Cornett (born May 19, 1987), better known by his stage name Amtrac , is an American songwriter, producer, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and DJ.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
amphibious assault vehicle, 1944, from amphibious + tractor .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context military English)A class of amphibious vehicles introduced in World War II.
Usage examples of amtrac.
Clipper One arrived back over the target the first irregular line of amphibious tanks, also called amtracs or LVTs or alligators, were churning and bucking the sea only a mile offshore.
For the last few hundred yards the amtracs had been crawling over the shallow tidal flats, churning the coral mud under their heavy treads and rising farther and farther out of the lagoon.
The first three waves of Marines had gone in with amtracs, whose tractor wheels just ground their way up and over the coral reef.
There was no visible response from the enemy except for a few splashes around the advancing amtracs.