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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.
From 1942, a version of the SG 6 with a folding roof was manufactured. From 1943, the production of SG 6 was shut down, and in 1944 replaced by the Volkswagen Schwimmwagen Type 166 which was much lighter and also cheaper to manufacture. A total of about 800 SG-6-Schwimmwagen were produced.
The Schwimmwagen, an amphibious vehicle used by the Wehrmacht. In 1939, the U.S. Army began standardizing its general-purpose trucks by limiting procurement to five chassis payload classes, from 1 ⁄ 2-ton to 7 + 1 ⁄ 2-ton, but the army was "to use commercial trucks with only a few modifications such as brush guards and towing pintles .."
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A spiritual descendant of the Volkswagen Schwimmwagen, [3] and the Trippel SG6, the Amphicar offered only modest performance compared to most contemporary boats or cars, featured navigation lights and flag as mandated by the US Coast Guard – and after operation in water, required greasing at 13 points, one of which required removal of the ...
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Photographs show the Kubelwagen in various theatres of the war, and four colour plates illustrate the various colour and camouflage schemes that were used. The book also contains information about an amphibious version, the Schwimmwagen, as well the Trippel SG6, a similar-sized amphibious light vehicle developed by Hans Trippel. [2]
Volkswagen Schwimmwagen amphibious variant of the Kübelwagen (14,265) Volkswagen Type 82E 4-piston squad car/personal command car; Motorcycles