The first British small landing craft designed to land a single (light) tank or other vehicle on the beach.  With a load limit of 16 tons it meant that tanks were not a potential load by 1944, but other lighter armoured vehciles such as Carriers, or a Bofors tractor plus Bofors gun were potential loads for the LCM, or any other combination of smaller trucks, anti-tanks guns you might care to think of.  Carried to the area on the deck of the larger landing ships, they would then be lifted off by booms, davits or gantry cranes.  They had a range of about 56 miles and a crew of 6, with one officer per 3 boats.  At least these ones also had some kind of protection for the helmsman, with the shelter at the back (aft if yo want to be naval!) end.  It was largely superceded by the LCM 3 with its' larger varrying capacity.
 
Cast in resin it's a straightforward model to assemble.  Give a coat of primer over the resin and then paint to suit.  Once again I went for the white and blue scheme for being a bit more interesting than plain grey.  Markings are from the Aleran Decals sheet, also sold by Milicast.  Naturally you have the choice of fitting the ramp up or down.
 
An excellent reference for Landing Craft of all shapes and sizes, if you can get hold of it, is the book 'Allied Landing Craft of WW2', published in 1985 by Arms & Armour Press.

For more details, check out the Milicast website.