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Name This...(129)
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 9:22 pm
by Brady
???
RE: Name This...(129)
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 9:36 pm
by 2Stepper
Marine Amphib DUKW
Better known as the "DUCK". [8D]
RE: Name This...(129)
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 9:44 pm
by Bill Durrant
Yes a DUKW... and if you're ever in london you can go on one - Green is Duck Tours, Yellow is Frog Tours.
Converted DUKWs that do the sights on the road then drive into the River Thames and do the sights from the water. Classic[:D]
RE: Name This...(129)
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 9:48 pm
by hithere
darn!!! I finally knew one....(well..i knew the Sherman one too)
RE: Name This...(129)
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 10:13 pm
by mccavage
I think it is the Soviet version of a DUKW.
Just doesn't look right for the US version.
RE: Name This...(129)
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 10:16 pm
by Rendova
I don't think its a DUKW.... A DUKW was built on the 2 1/2 ton truck ("Duce and a half") Which were all duel rear axle IIRC, this is single. Also I have never seen a DUKW with door and an actual Winshield... Maybe it is a DUKW but my guess is its a DUKW knock off.
Although the hull sure looks like a DUKW maybe it is.....
RE: Name This...(129)
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 10:26 pm
by andytimtim
im not quite sure, but wasn't a 'vamped' up DUKW used in the faulklands?
RE: Name This...(129)
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 10:26 pm
by hithere
actually...now that you mention it....it does not look quite right...
RE: Name This...(129)
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 10:27 pm
by Bill Durrant
You know I think you're right. DUKW had double rear axle. IIRC first used March 1943 at landing of Noumea
RE: Name This...(129)
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 10:28 pm
by hithere
looking at it..the front tire looks too far forward...it really is beginning to look like a boat on a trailer...hhmmm
RE: Name This...(129)
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 11:15 pm
by SantaClawz
It is the Toyota "SuKi" amphibious vehicle.
RE: Name This...(129)
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 11:44 pm
by jrcar
Yup I think so too, definately Japanese.
Cheers
Rob
ORIGINAL: SantaClawz
It is the Toyota "SuKi" amphibious vehicle.
RE: Name This...(129)
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 3:10 pm
by Brady
Su-Ki, it is[:)]
RE: Name This...(129)
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 3:11 pm
by The Gnome
In Philadelphia they're immitating Boston and have those irritating "Duck" tours. Nothing like taking a nap and having the duck drive by with the slack-jawed tourist using their quacking duck call noise makers they give them..... *shakes angry fist*