page_title: M76 Otter
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: M76 Otter / History
caption_attribution_description: "Otter Resupply: Leathernecks participating in Operation Meade River, southwest of Da Nang, were resupplied by Marine helicopters or Otters, tracked vehicles which take easily to the swampy terrain." From the Jonathan F. Abel Collection (COLL/3611), Marine Corps Archives &amp; Special Collections OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH
context_page_description: The M76 Otter was an amphibious cargo carrier used by the United States Marine Corps.
context_section_description: It was designed and built by Pontiac Motor Division in the late 1940s and intended as a replacement for the M29 Weasel. It entered service with the USMC in the early 1950s and many saw action in the Vietnam War. It was replaced in USMC service by the M116 Husky.
caption: M76 crossing paddy fields
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