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Pages in category "Amphibious vehicles of World War II" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.
French armored units developed the use of amphibious tracked vehicles in Indochina: The amphibious C model of the M29 Weasel (armed either with FM1924/29, Bren or Browning M1919 machine guns and with 57mm M18A1 recoilless guns), [10] LVT-4s (equipped with two M2 and two M1919 machine guns, and sometimes equipped with 40mm Bofors guns [11] or 57 ...
The Royal Marines used five of these vehicles for training at 11 (Amphibious Trials and Training) Squadron, 1 Assault Group Royal Marines at Instow, North Devon. Four were manufactured between 1943 and 1945. The fifth is a DUKW hull copy manufactured in 1993 with unused World War II-vintage running gear parts. [25]
The Volkswagen Schwimmwagen (lit. ' swimming car ') is a light four-wheel drive amphibious car, used extensively by German ground forces during the Second World War.With over 15,000 units built, the Schwimmwagen is the most-produced amphibious car in history.
The Ford GPA "Seep" (Government 'P' Amphibious, where 'P' stood for its 80-inch wheelbase), with supply catalog number G504, was an amphibious version of the World War II Ford GPW jeep. Over 12 thousand were made and they served with Allied forces in the many theatres of WW2, including the Pacific, Eastern front, and from D-day to the end.
The M29 Weasel is a World War II tracked vehicle designed for operation in snow. [1] Built by Studebaker, Weasels were also used in sandy, muddy, and desert terrains, including towing loads over terrain wheeled vehicles could not negotiate as in the U.S. Marine invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
An amphibious vehicle (or simply amphibian) is a vehicle that works both on land and on or under water. Amphibious vehicles include amphibious bicycles, ATVs, cars, buses, trucks, railway vehicles, combat vehicles, and hovercraft. Classic landing craft are not amphibious vehicles as they do not work on land, although they are part of amphibious ...
GMC DUKW six-wheel-drive amphibious truck; Guy Ant; Guy Lizard armoured command vehicle (21) Humber FWD. [9] Karrier K6. [10] Leyland Hippo Mk II. [11] Morris C4; Morris ML ambulance; Morris C8 GS; Morris commercial CD series [12] Morris commercial CS8 [13] Morris commercial 8x8 GS Terrapin amphibious truck; Scammell Pioneer semi-trailer SV1S ...