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Sources:
[1] Combined Operations Staff Notebook (1945), Part VI a 1
[2] Duncan, N. “79th Armoured Division: Hobo’s Funnies”, Profile Publications Limited, 1972, Page 34
[3] “Armored Special Equipment”, The General Board, United States Forces, European Theater, page 24
[4] Combined Operations Staff Notebook (1945), Part X a 1
[5] https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/terrapin.89227/#post-922400 citing unit history of 1st Assault Brigade; N. Duncan (1972) lists 100 Buffalos and 42 Terrapins on page 49 although this is referring to a slightly earlier operation
[6] https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/terrapin.89227/#post-922393 by Gary Kennedy
[7] Memoir of Colonel AJI Poynder MC in The Royal Engineers Journal, Volume 119, No 2, August 2005, page 136
[8] https://web.archive.org/web/20080620102840/http://www.veterans-uk.info/pdfs/publications/comm_booklets/scheldt.pdf ; https://cmea-agmc.ca/en/terrapins-and-buffaloes
[9] Report by Capt CJ Hendry RE, 26 Assault Squadron RE, on operation ‘VITALITY’
[10] Duncan, N. “79th Armoured Division: Hobo’s Funnies”
[11] https://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/terrapin.89227/page-5#post-1066052
[12] https://web.archive.org/web/20090213223526/https://www.avant-train-latil.com/M4TX.php
[13] https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/france/char_b1_bis.php
[14] Histoire de guerre, blindés & matériel No. 77 (June-July 2007); https://www.armedconflicts.com/Tracteur-lourd-de-depannage-de-chars-SOMUA-MCL-5-t30746
[15] http://www.atf40.fr/atf40/divers/BCC%20type%20B.pdf
[16] TM 55-1930-203-10 “Operator’s Manual—Lighter, Amphibious (LARC-LX) Self-Propelled, Diesel, Steel, 60 ton, 61 ft, Design 2303, Hulls 5 through 60” (Nov 1975), page 1-4
[17] FM 55-70 C2 “Army Transportation Container Operations” (2 May 1977), page 6-3
[18] TRECOM Technical Report 64-26 “Logistical Over-The-Shore (LOTS) Systems Study” (June 1964), page 38
[19] The Big Picture – Transportation Corps Part IX
[20] FM 55-50-1 (Test) “Transportation Amphibian Operations” (March 1967), page 11-12 ; FM 101-10-2 “Staff Officer’s Field Manual—Organizational, Technical, and Logistical Data Extracts of Nondivisional Tables of Organization and Equipment” (Oct 1969), page 27-34
[21] “Operational Report – Lessons Learned, Headquarters, 394th Transportation Battalion, Period Ending 31 July 1969” (19 Nov 1969) ; “Operational Report – Lessons Learned, 159th Transportation Battalion (Terminal)” (21 June 1967)
[22] https://andro0918.pixnet.net/blog/post/221301825
[23] https://www.dtra.mil/Portals/61/Documents/NTPR/1981-DNA_The%20Radiological%20Cleanup%20of%20Enewetak%20Atoll-web.pdf
[24] https://transportation.army.mil/history/studies/lots.html
[25] https://www.navy.mil/Resources/Fact-Files/Display-FactFiles/Article/2170004/landing-craft-air-cushion-lcac/ ; TM 55-1930-203-10 (Nov 1975), page 1-4
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