German-operated landing craft were sent to Italy via rail for the invasion, including twelve Siebel ferries (catamaran rafts powered by automobile engines driving water screws and armed with and flak guns), six Type 39 (carrying of cargo, two light vehicles or 45 infantry, unloaded via clamshell doors at the bow), six Type 40 (a larger version of the Type 39, carrying of cargo, three or four light vehicles or 80–90 fully equipped infantry), a company of eighty-one (Type 39 Stormboats, small plywood boats carrying up to six infantrymen and powered by outboard motors) plus an assortment of large inflatable rafts (carrying 25 troops each).