as the Mark 1 but the open-topped M8 turret was up to 1-inch thick. The Chinese PLA captured several from Nationalist forces during the Civil War and placed them in service, eventually modifying some by replacing the 75 mm howitzer with the 37 mm M6 tank gun and others with the ZiS-2 57 mm anti-tank gun, complete with shield, the conversion also necessitating the removal of the original mantlet. LVT(A)-5 Introduced in 1945, the LVT(A)-5 was a LVT(A)-4 with a powered turret and a gyrostabilizer for the howitzer. Some were upgraded in the late 1940s by modifying the armor configuration. 269 units produced. LVT-3C Modified LVT-3. An armored roof was fitted and the bow was extended to improve buoyancy. Armament included a .30 inch machine gun in a turret and another in a ball mount in the bow. 1,200 LVT-3s were converted. Amphibian, tracked, 4-ton General Service ("Neptune") A British vehicle based on the LVT-4, known as the Neptune, was built by Nuffield. Only a handful of the 2,000 ordered were completed. The Sealion was a recovery version, and the Turtle a workshop version. Preservation In 1947, a Buffalo LVT being used in flood defence work in Crowland, Lincolnshire, UK, was swept away and buried. In 2021, it was excavated and retrieved, and volunteers are planning to preserve and restore it to running order. In June 2022 it was put on display in Thorney, Cambridgeshire, as part of the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the floods. A second vehicle may also be recovered from the site. See also WWII/Korea LVT Museum Landwasserschlepper DUKW Terrapin (amphibious vehicle) 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion Notes References TM 9-784 TM 9-1784 Navy Department. ONI-226 Allied Landing Craft 1943. External links Origins of the Amphtrack at Globalsecurity.org – WW2 Vehicles AmTracs of World War II and the Korean War at Amtrac.org , June 1944, Popular Mechanics – WWII and Korea LVT Museum , October 1941, Popular Science – close up photo of first Amtrack vehicle tested Meet The LVT's Beach Busters, pp 121–124, at Google Books, September 1945, Popular Science – LVT(A)-4 with Flamethrower engaged at Battle of Peleliu Amphibious armoured fighting vehicles World War II armored fighting vehicles of the United States Amphibious vehicles of World War II Tracked amphibious vehicles Military vehicles introduced from 1940 to 1944