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Naval support & landing craft1959 to presentProfile in progress
Mechanized landing craft
LCM-8 is a mechanized landing craft. Reported operators include Australia, Cambodia, France, Honduras, India, Kingdom of Laos, Spain, Vietnam, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, United States.
United StatesTechnical data
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2026 | 22.265 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 22.265 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
LCM-8
1959 to present
Mechanized landing craft
57.8 long tons (58.7 t) light 111.4 long tons (113.2 t) loaded
73 ft 7 ⁄ 12 in (22.265 m)
21 ft 0 in (6.4 m)
4 ft 7 ⁄ 12 in (1.234 m) light 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) loaded
(original) 4, 2-twin-pak GMC 6-71 or Gray Marine 6-71 diesel paired to 2 hydrostatic transmissions Detroit 12V-71 diesel engines, twin screws
12 knots (22 km/h) light 9 knots (17 km/h) loaded
M48 Patton , M60 tank or 200 troops
4–6
2 × .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns
Australia – Australian Army
Cambodia – Khmer National Navy
France – French Navy (as the Chaland de transport de matériel )
Honduras – Honduran Navy
India – Indian Navy
Kingdom of Laos – Royal Lao Navy
Spain – Spanish Marine Corps
Vietnam – Vietnam Navy
Thailand – Royal Thai Navy
Tonga – Tongan Maritime Force (former operator)
Turkey – Turkish Naval Forces
United States – U.S. Navy ; U.S. Army ; National Park Service ( Channel Islands National Park , Isle Royale National Park )
LCM-8 Landing craft 466 467 470 471 4-6 United States Captured during the Vietnam War . Unclear how many there are, but the known ship designations are 466, 467, 470, and 471. Maximum 113.2 tons.
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
LCM-8 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
AustraliaArmy exact named class holdings of LCM 8 (capacity either 1 MBT or 200 troops). Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): AMPHIBIOUS / AMPHIBIOUS. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. The own fetched design source declares this exact class and its PDF operator country; ship capacities and fitted launcher/armament counts are retained as source scope, not added to hull quantities.
Cambodia
Colombia
France
HondurasNavy holdings only of the exact named LCM 8 equipment component, active/operational reserve/training equipment excluding equipment in store. November2025 IISS assessment; not a national total or combat-readiness count. No parent heading, capacity, carried weapon or other variant quantity inherited.
IndiaNavy exact named equipment holdings of LCM 8 (for use in Jalashwa). Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): LANDING CRAFT / LCM. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. The leading printed inventory count is retained; separately stated extra reserve, nonoperational or repair quantities inside parentheses are not added to it and remain verbatim in the excerpt. Source parentheses retain employment, lease, reporting designation, alternate model, or included-subset scopes exactly. Own fetched primary and alternate/model identity declarations are retained. Numbers inside an included subset are part of the printed count and are never added again; no sibling or parent specification is copied.
Spain
Thailand
Tonga
TürkiyeNavy exact named class holdings of LCM 8. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): LANDING CRAFT / LCM. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. The own fetched design source declares this exact class and its PDF operator country; ship capacities and fitted launcher/armament counts are retained as source scope, not added to hull quantities.
United StatesUS Army exact named class holdings of LCM 8 (capacity either 1 M1 Abrams MBT or 200 troops). Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): LANDING CRAFT / LCM. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. The own fetched design source declares this exact class and its PDF operator country; ship capacities and fitted launcher/armament counts are retained as source scope, not added to hull quantities.
VietnamRange count for LCM-8. Service scope: Vietnam People's Navy; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 4-6. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Australia, Cambodia, France, Honduras, India, Kingdom of Laos, Spain, Vietnam, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, United States
Equipment reference ↗US Navy holdings only of the exact named LCM 8 equipment component, active/operational reserve/training equipment excluding equipment in store. November2025 IISS assessment; not a national total or combat-readiness count. No parent heading, capacity, carried weapon or other variant quantity inherited.