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Hello everyone and welcome back to the fluxus channel with the U. S. Military pouring money into vehicles like the ultra heavy lift amphibious connector. Uhh military beach landing crafts have become extremely important in the past few years. So much so that different world powers are spending billions of dollars on developing a more superior design and scale. Compared to the last. In this video, we will uncover the evolution of military beach landing crafts and what lies ahead for these amphibious vessels. Amphibious warfare goes back to ancient times, but modern amphibious warfare can be traced back to World War I during the Battle of Bita Paka in 1914. In what is now Papua new guinea by the british army against the occupying german forces. The amphibious assault was an astounding success and led to the British launching a similar attack on Ottoman forces in the Gallipoli campaign in 1915, which became the most notable example of amphibious warfare. To date back then, amphibious warfare was carried out through amateur means and usually lead to navy ships being destroyed in the process. So vehicles that were specifically made to carry out amphibious assaults started to be developed in the United States and the United Kingdom. In the 1930s, the Vickers Carden Loyd light amphibious tank, which was a tank that could travel both on sea and on land, revolutionized amphibious warfare as a whole. And suddenly every major power wanted their own by World War Two, The us had developed the landing craft vehicle personnel, l. c. v p in 1945, otherwise known as the Higgins boat. This was one of the first modern amphibious landing crafts and is considered instrumental to the Allies victory in the war, being used on every front by the US Navy. While the vehicles we've mentioned so far are now extremely dated and bare bones amphibious vehicles have come a long way since the days of the Higgins Boat or its predecessors. One of the most advanced amphibious vehicles today is the ultra heavy lift amphibious connector or YOU H A. C. For short, the U. H. A. C prototype has a top speed of over 30 knots, which is around 34 MPH, and the actual vehicle could be as much as twice as fast. It would be able to operate on the harshest of terrain and easily make its way through obstacles such as sea walls, sand, mud and of course water. Due to its air filled foam blocks, it would be primarily transporting the United States Marine Corps vehicles from ships to the shore. If it were to start production, it would be the most advanced amphibious vehicle the world has seen yet so far. Only prototypes of the U. H. A. C. Have been made and there aren't any immediate plans to put it into production but production might become necessary in the near future as competitors such as the Russian navy, which has its own line of advanced amphibious vehicles, make things more tense for the United States. The prototype of the U. H. A. C. Is only half the size of what the actual vehicle is expected to be, Which would be able to carry three battle tanks over 200 nautical miles. It's actual capabilities and practicality remain unknown as it is still undecided whether to proceed with the prototype to full scale production. In the meantime, the landing craft air cushion, L. C. A. C. Remains one of the fastest and most efficient methods of conducting amphibious insertion. It has been in use as the U. S. S. Primary landing craft since 1986 and the technology, although updated, is starting to feel dated. Unlike the J. C. The L. C. A C. Has a hard time going through difficult surfaces and is best suited for sandy beaches and water, but it can't navigate through muddy lands or seawalls. However, it is faster than the U. H. A. C. S. Prototype with speeds up to 45 miles an hour but it would only be able to carry half the load and half the range when compared to the U. H. A. C. Regardless of its drawbacks when compared to the latest technologies, the L. C. A. C. Has been one of the U. S. Military's most reliable assets and the U. S. Navy currently has over 74 units and its arsenal. There are also talks of the L C. A C being replaced by the L. C. A. C 100 instead of the U H. A. C. The L C A C 100 also known as the ship to shore connector SSC would slightly sacrificed speed for a whole lot better performance. It would be able to load over 74 tons Or 145 Marines At an estimated cost of over 55.5 million. It would undoubtedly be an expensive project with the cost of replacing the entire LCAC fleet being estimated at over four billion. And in terms of scale and capabilities, the Russians Uber class LCAC is more superior in almost every sense, measuring 187 ft long and 73 ft wide. It's the world's largest naval hovercraft that can carry a maximum of 535 tons, reaching a top speed of 69 MPH. The Zuber class L C A C is also armed with multiple rocket launchers and is capable of traversing over obstacles over 6.5 ft high. Militaries worldwide are constantly improving their capabilities to move their assets from sea to shore, penetrating through the enemy's line. The centuries old method of amphibious insertion has proven its effectiveness in mobilizing its troops with the amphibious vessels ability to deflect and avoid the enemy's target and quickly deliver the assets to the enemy's ground. Technologies will constantly evolve to prevent adversaries from reaching the shoreline. So we expect to see the future designs of these vessels to have better performance in terms of speed, higher payload and perhaps lethal. Itty, that's the end of this video. I hope you enjoyed it. Make sure to subscribe to this channel so you don't miss any of our new content. See you next time.