COBI Warship LCVP Higgins Boat 510PCS

Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP) or Higgins' boat is a type of boat used during and after World War II. The craft was used for transport and landing: supplies, small vehicles and soldiers. They were used on a massive scale in Operation Overlord and during D-Day (June 6, 1944), in Operation Torch in North Africa, Husky, Shingle and Avalanche in Italy, Dragoon, as well as in battles in the Pacific at the Battle of Guadalcanal, Gilbert Islands, the Philippines, Iwo Jimie and Okinawa.

The barge was designed by Andrew Higgins and various manufacturers have created more than 20,000 units of these units.

For the most part, the structure was mainly built of wooden plywood, which made the boat very cheap and simple to create, extremely light, but at the same time did not give any protection against fire. Thanks to its flat bottom, a special lowered front ramp and a drive cover, it was able to flow into very shallow water. It could have take a 36-seater platoon or a small vehicle, e.g. Jeep and 12 soldiers or 3.6 tons of cargo. It reached speeds of up to 12 knots (14 mph, 22 km/h). The boat was armed with 0.30 inch (7.62 mm) machine guns operated by two gunmen.

From the world of COBI comes a fantastic model that faithfully imitates its historical original in 1:35 scale. It was released in connection with the 75th anniversary of D-Day and Operation Overlord. It has moving components such as two machine guns with a cover and a lowering and lifting mechanism for the front ramp based on the cable system. The vehicle has been fitted with sliders to make it easier to play with on the carpet, floor or table top. The set utilises prints rather than stickers for extra detail and durability. It also includes two German landing dams (used, among other things, to secure Omaha beach) and three figures of American soldiers: a rare figure of a sailor-helmsman in a life jacket, and two infantry soldiers armed with a Springfield rifle and a Thompson submachine gun.