German landing craft in Battle of Britain movie

The landing craft were assault boats capable of carrying 20 armed soldiers while smaller than Allied Higgens boats they were capable of being road transported to staging areas. While their trucks and other vehicles were loaded onto larger barges for transport to the enemy beach the German Panzer III and Panzer IV tanks would roll onto the enemy beach from under the water.

Tankluver

Hi all, im rewatching the Battle of Britain and saw the part where the Germans are assembling the invasion force and are bringing the landing craft "barges" in on trucks. My question is, are these landing craft accurate, or are they just hollywood doing its best?

thank you!

Mikeym_us

The landing craft were assault boats capable of carrying 20 armed soldiers while smaller than Allied Higgens boats they were capable of being road transported to staging areas. While their trucks and other vehicles were loaded onto larger barges for transport to the enemy beach the German Panzer III and Panzer IV tanks would roll onto the enemy beach from under the water.

 

 

 

So every Panzer III and IV in the German army was also a uboat?!?  Wow!!

Gene Beaird,
Pearland, Texas

Mikeym_us

The landing craft were assault boats capable of carrying 20 armed soldiers while smaller than Allied Higgens boats they were capable of being road transported to staging areas. While their trucks and other vehicles were loaded onto larger barges for transport to the enemy beach the German Panzer III and Panzer IV tanks would roll onto the enemy beach from under the water.

 

 

 

So every Panzer III and IV in the German army was also a uboat?!?  Wow!!

Gene Beaird,
Pearland, Texas

Not every tank. But they had  approxiamtely 200 Panzer IIIs and Panzer IVs converted into Tauchpanzers for Operation Sea Lion. Enough to get several battalions worth of tanks ashore in the initial assault landings as was done at Normandy 4 years later.

LOL Heck the Soviets even had a couple of flying tanks and I'm not talking about the IL2 Sturmovich.

CrashTestDummy

Mikeym_us:

The landing craft were assault boats capable of carrying 20 armed soldiers while smaller than Allied Higgens boats they were capable of being road transported to staging areas. While their trucks and other vehicles were loaded onto larger barges for transport to the enemy beach the German Panzer III and Panzer IV tanks would roll onto the enemy beach from under the water.

 

 

 

 

So every Panzer III and IV in the German army was also a uboat?!?  Wow!!

Gene Beaird,
Pearland, Texas

 

CrashTestDummy

Mikeym_us:

The landing craft were assault boats capable of carrying 20 armed soldiers while smaller than Allied Higgens boats they were capable of being road transported to staging areas. While their trucks and other vehicles were loaded onto larger barges for transport to the enemy beach the German Panzer III and Panzer IV tanks would roll onto the enemy beach from under the water.

 

 

 

 

So every Panzer III and IV in the German army was also a uboat?!?  Wow!!

Gene Beaird,
Pearland, Texas