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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GMC CCKW 2½-ton 6×6 truck (section DUKW)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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(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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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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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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play-by-play commentator Magoo (band), an indie rock band from Norfolk, England DUKW or Magoo, a World War II amphibious vehicle Dick Megugorac, an American land...
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idler sprocket, and no return rollers. Like the BAV 485, and unlike the DUKW, it has a rear loading ramp. The crew is seated at the front, leaving the...
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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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Hallicrafters SCR-299 ad c. 1944, depicting DUKW mounted SCR-399 version...
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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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Company (DUKW) 3334th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW) 3325th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW) 3336th Quartermaster Truck Company (DUKW) 3353rd Quartermaster...
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tanks) Unloaded land range: 280 to 335 miles Unloaded sea range: 110 miles DUKW Duck tour LARC-XV LARC-LX (BARC) Alvis Stalwart Cpt.Baker,344TC "LARC-V"...
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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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vehicle-concept: 1942–1943 Ford GPA – an amphibious hulled vehicle, similar to the DUKW, but mechanically a Ford GPW jeep 1956–1965 Jeep Forward Control military...
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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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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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QLR/QLC Radio/communications. Bedford QLT Troop carrier. Crossley Q-Type. GMC DUKW six-wheel-drive amphibious truck Guy Ant Guy Lizard Armoured Command Vehicle...
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hotel, transports passengers back and forth. At the end of World War 2 a DUKW "duck" amphibious vehicle was used until the sea tractor came in 1955.[citation...
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