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Tonnage |
10 tons fully loaded |
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Dimensions |
31' by 8'2" by 8'10" |
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Maximum speed |
50 mph (80 km/h) on land |
| Complement |
2 |
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Capacity |
5,175 lbs |
| Production |
21,000 from 1942-7 |
| Variants |
Could be equipped with M36 quad 0.50 antiaircraft machine gun |
The DUKW (known to Navy bureaucrats as the LVW or Landing Vehicle,
Wheeled), was an amphibious version of the U.S. Army's 2-1/2 ton truck. It
retained the wheels and drive train but added propellers and had a
boat-like hull form. A DUKW could carry cargo to a beach and beyond, and
in some cases they were misused as conventional trucks once landed.
They were less than ideal as landing craft, being too small for
efficient loading from cargo craft, inefficient as personnel carriers,
and not nearly as seaworthy as an LCVP.
References
Friedman
(2002)
Olive-Drab.com
(accessed 2009-1-21)
U.S.
Army Transportation Museum (accessed 2009-1-21)
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