The LACV-30 (Lighter Air Cushion Vehicle, 30 tons) was a hovercraft used by the U.S. Army Mobility Equipment Research and Development Command (MERADCOM) for offloading cargo from amphibious ships.

Records, 20th century, of the United State Army Watercraft Collection. Includes certifications, datasheets, reports and photographs of various Army watercraft. The collection consists of 73 boxes of material, although as processing is completed, this number is expected to increase.

Sep 23, 2021 · The LACV-30 (lighter, air cushion vehicle, 30-ton payload) was adapted in the 1970s from a commercial hovercraft built by Bell Aerospace Canada, the Bell Voyageur. Some 40 feet wide and 80 feet long, it had an empty weight of around 65,000 pounds, according to globalsecurity.org.

LACV-30 is a medium amphibian, air cushion vehicle that can be used on 70 percent of the world's beaches, compared with only 17 percent now acceptable to conventional lighterage.

The LACV-30 is a fully amphibious, flatbed, air-cushion vehicle designed to transport military cargo and equipment in support of the logistics-over-the-shore (LOTS) mission. It is powered by two, twin pack, gas turbines using standard

Feb 19, 2021 · The huge LACV-30 hovercrafts burned an average of 260 gallons per hour, as compared to just 38 for the LARC-LX, according to mastermarinesurveyor.com. The Army also liked how versatile...

Informational fact sheet on the LACV-30, a Ligher, Air Cushion Vehincle that is fully amphibious and designed to cary military cargo. The fact sheet is issued by the USATCFE Public Affairs Offie. The fact sheet describes the specifications, the capabilities, the transportability, and other information concerning the military craft.

Derived from Bell Voyageur model, a civilian air-cushion vehicle (or hovercraft), the LACV-30 is capable of carrying 30 US tons, or 27.2 metric.

Pilot Model Air Cushion Vehicle (LACV-30) Program. This report presents summaries of seven Final Reports of vehicle, subsystem and model test investigations performed by Bell Aerospace Textron under the Pilot Model Air Cushion Vehicle LACV-30 Contract No. DAAK 02-75-C-0149.

Because the LACV—30 is a stretched outgrowth of Bell’s Voyageur air cushion vehicle, a number of Independent Research and Development investigations are also applicable to the LACV-30.