amphibian vehicle

An amphibian or amphibious vehicle, is a vehicle that, like an amphibian, can move on land as well as on water. The first known self-propelled amphibious vehicle was demonstrated by United States inventor Oliver Evans in 1804. Many modern tanks and armored personnel carriers have an amphibious mode in which a fabric skirt adds buoyancy, and the tracks provide motive power. The Sherman Dual Drive tank used in the D-Day invasion had this setup. The most famous such vehicle in World War II was the DUKW Amphibious Truck. It was deployed in the Pacific theatre to establish and supply beachheads. It was designed as a wartime project by Sparkman and Stephens, the famous yacht design firm. Second best known is the German Schwimmwagen designed by the Porsche engineering firm in 1938 and widely used throughout the war. The amphibious bodywork was designed by Erwin Komenda, the firm's body construction designer, using the engine and drive train of the Kbelwagen. During the Vietnam War, the US Army used the amphibious Gama Goat to move supplies through the canals and rice paddies of Southeast Asia. Several amphibious automobiles have been developed, including the Amphicar in the 1960s and the contemporary Aquada. See also amphibious assault ship

External links

<< Previous

Word Browser

Next >>

lord peter views the body
training
f. f. e. yeo thomas
microtechnology
mueller lyer illusion
arthur brown (musician)
augustus pablo
philippe starck
bobby chacon
friedrich traugott wahlen
jean marie musy

robert haab
walter stampfli
ernst wetter
marcel pilet golaz
monkey puzzle
nationell ungdom
combat 18
south african communist party
open directory license
places in afghanistan
tahj mowry

analog synthesizer
andrei alexandrescu
jean pierre boyer
schwimmwagen
wyrd
geography of ireland
harry potter and the order of the phoenix
university of trinity college
mountbatten class hovercraft
colovaginoplasty
heikant

gukurahundi
grantham grammar school
foghorn leghorn
alfred moisiu
kor
fanny ardant
geraldo rivera
university of liverpool
caxton
udon
williams revolution