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Old 10-07-06, 00:05
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b. U.S. Plywood Boat, M-2.
(1) Not so easily portable.
(2) Easily maneuvered in the water, loaded or empty.
(3) Not so easily damaged in transit (boats "nest").
(4) More easily repaired.
(5) Served dual purpose (i.e. making infantry support rafts and expedient assault boat bridge).
(6) Much noisier in use with non-rubber shod personnel.
Nice stack of U.S. Plyboat Boats at the National War and Resistance Museum / Marshall Museum at Overloon, The Netherlands:



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H.
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