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    The DUKW (GMC type nomenclature, colloquially known as Duck) is a six-wheel-drive amphibious modification of the 2+1⁄2-ton CCKW trucks used by the U.S...
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    Duck tour (redirect from DUKW tour)
    amphibious tour buses and (modified) surplus amphibious military vehicles, like DUKWs ("Ducks") and LARC-Vs. They are often offered as tourist attractions in...
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    production of the CCKW and its variants, including the 21⁄2-ton, 6x6, amphibian DUKW, and the 6×4, 5-ton (on-road) CCW-353, amounted to some 572,500 units – almost...
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    at Lake Garda on the night of April 30, 1945 when their amphibious craft (DUKW) sank. It explains who the 10th Mountain Division were and chronicles the...
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    amphibious transport, a copy of the WWII American DUKW. During World War II, the Soviets received 586 DUKW-353 amphibious trucks under the Lend-Lease Act...
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    series Willys MB Harley-Davidson WLA Landing Vehicle Tracked M29 Weasel DUKW GMC CCKW 2½-ton 6×6 truck Studebaker US6 M35 series 2½-ton 6×6 cargo truck...
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    thunderstorms as part of a significant derecho and tornado outbreak. The DUKW ("Duck" or "duck boat") is a wheeled amphibious vehicle used by the United...
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    shows. Design features concept was similar to the larger and successful DUKW amphibious 21⁄2-ton truck were used on the GPA, but unlike these and the...
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  • S-Series Suburban Jimmy S-15 Jimmy Tracker Typhoon Envoy Chevette CCKW AFKWX DUKW 1950 Futurliner 1954 XP-21 Firebird I 1955 LaSalle II Roadster 1955 LaSalle...
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    manufactured by the Toyota Motor Co., Ltd, similar in concept to the GMC DUKW. It entered service in 1943 and was used by Japanese forces in the Pacific...
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    Russia. Among those were jeeps, trucks, and amphibious vehicles like the 6×6 DUKW and the 4×4 Ford GPA. The latter were used to help men and equipment get...
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    Walcheren campaign. While offering greater capacity than the DUKW, ease of operation favoured the DUKW. An improved version of the Terrapin never got beyond...
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  • historical tours of the city of Boston using replica World War II amphibious DUKW vehicles. Boston Duck Tours first started running tours in Boston, Massachusetts...
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  • WC51 3⁄4-ton 4x4 Chevrolet G-506 1+1⁄2-ton 4x4 GMC CCKW 2+1⁄2-ton 6x6 GMC DUKW 2+1⁄2-ton 6x6 Diamond T 968 4-ton 6x6 Autocar U88144T 5-6 ton 4x4 Brockway...
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    (Canadian and British) over rivers. Due to a shortage of US-manufactured DUKWs, the British Ministry of Supply commissioned Thornycroft to design an amphibious...
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    Hallicrafters SCR-299 ad c. 1944, depicting DUKW mounted SCR-399 version...
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    German amphibious car used during the Second World War Amphicar GAZ-46 (MAV) DUKW - amphibious truck LuAZ-967 Ford GPA (A similar Jeep-based vehicle used by...
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    SP Achilles, M48 Patton, M26 Pershing, T17E1 Staghound, Hamilcar glider, DUKW, SU-76, T-26, KV-1, L3/33 LF, M13/40, Tortoise, Black Prince. This hall contains...
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    various original colors in its fleet for safety, reliability, and comfort. DUKW Dutton Cars Gibbs Aquada (2004) Gibbs Humdinga (2006) Gibbs Quadski (2006)...
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  • (227 kg) at walking speeds and to be amphibious. The vehicle resembled the DUKW but was only about 8 feet (2.4 m) long. It had large balloon tyres and an...
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  • vehicles based on the DUKW amphibious vehicle design from World War II known as "truck ducks", while some used an original DUKW chassis extended to fit...
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  • Truck and Coach, Yellow Bus, Greyhound Bus, Silversides, GMC Truck, CCKW, DUKW, General Motors - CoachBuilt.com". www.coachbuilt.com. Retrieved 28 March...
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  • buggy" M35 series 2½ ton cargo truck "deuce and a half" [citation needed] DUKW M54 truck 5-ton truck series: cargo: M813, M814, M923, M924, M925, M926,...
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    large numbers of the new amphibious DUKW vehicle. Alexander was later to write "It is not too much to say that the DUKW revolutionised the problem of beach...
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    Discontinued Notes ACK/ACKWX 1940 1940 Originally contracted for the French army CCKW/CCW 1941 1945 AFKWX 1941 1945 Cab over engine DUKW 1942 1945 Amphibious...
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    Company (DUKW) 3334th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW) 3325th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW) 3336th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW) 3353rd Quartermaster...
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    (nicknamed "Seep" for "Sea Jeep"). Its design directly inspired by the larger DUKW, and by the same designer and company, Rod Stephens Jr. of Sparkman & Stephens...
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    tank mount, (M17) (whiz-bang) T44 rocket launcher, 4.5 inch, 120 tube, DUKW mounted T45 automatic rocket launcher, 4.5 inch, frame and rail, vehicle...
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  • World War II the company was employed to design the hulls for the invaluable DUKW 'army duck' and the Ford GPA amphibious jeep. For this Roderick Stephens...
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    DUKWs transport supplies across the River Waal at Nijmegen, below the railway bridge whose central span was broken by German frogmen using floating mines...
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