A small craft, often wooden, used to transport troops. They were loaded on deck or suspended from the davits of larger units. Depending on their type, LCPs used first by the British and then by the Americans, measured between 20 and 38 feet long (approximately 6 to 12 m) and could transport between 18 to 36 soldiers. The British LCPs were armed with a Lewis .303 calibre (7.7 mm) machine gun and the American ones with two Browning .30 calibre guns.

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