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Schwimmwagen from the December 1944 issue of the Intelligence Bulletin.
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Schwimmwagen from the December 1944 issue of the Intelligence Bulletin.
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The VW-Schwimmwagen (Porsche Type 128 and Type 166) was an amphibious vehicle used extensively by the German Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS during the Second World War. It was mechanically based on the Kübelwagen (which in turn was based on the civilian Volkswagen, later known as a VW Beetle), and was produced by the Volkswagen factory at Wolfsburg, with the bodies (or rather hulls!) produced by Ambi Budd in Berlin. Erwin Komenda, Ferdinand Porsche's first car body designer, developed the car body construction. Komenda patented his ideas for the swimming car at the German Patent office. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Image File history File links Beschreibung: VW Schwimmwagen Fotograf: Darkone, 2. ... Image File history File links Beschreibung: VW Schwimmwagen Fotograf: Darkone, 2. ... Image File history File links Beschreibung: VW Schwimmwagen / Innenraum / Interior Fotograf: Darkone, 2. ... Image File history File links Beschreibung: VW Schwimmwagen / Innenraum / Interior Fotograf: Darkone, 2. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (534x640, 125 KB) Beschreibung: VW Schwimmwagen / Schraube / propeller Fotograf: Darkone, 2. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (534x640, 125 KB) Beschreibung: VW Schwimmwagen / Schraube / propeller Fotograf: Darkone, 2. ... Wehrmacht   listen? was the name of the armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945. ... Waffen-SS recruitment poster; Volunteer to the Waffen-SS The Waffen-SS was the armed wing of the Schutzstaffel. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... A 1951 VW Kübelwagen (LIM 111). ... The Volkswagen Beetle or Bug is a small family car, the best known car of Volkswagen, of Germany, and almost certainly the world. ... Weser watershed Wolfsburg is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Erwin Komenda (April 6, 1904 - August 22, 1966) was the designer of the bodies for the VW Beetle and various Porsche sports cars. ... Ferdinand Porsche Ferdinand Porsche (September 3, 1875 - January 30, 1951) was an Austrian automotive engineer, Porsche was born to German-speaking family in Vratislavice, Austria-Hungary (now in the Czech Republic), who developed the original Volkswagen and a prototype of the Tiger I tank. ... The Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (DPMA) or German Patent and Trade Mark Office (GPTO) is the German national patent office, with headquarters at Munich. ...


All Schwimmwagen were four wheel drive (even the earlier Type 128, based on the full-length Kübelwagen chassis (2.4 m (7.9 ft) wheelbase). The large-scale production models (Type 166) had a wheel-base of only 2.0 m (6.6 ft). Four wheel drive or 4x4, is a type of four wheeled vehicle drivetrain configuration that enables all four wheels to receive power from the engine simultaneously in order to provide maximum traction. ... In both road and rail vehicles, the wheelbase is the distance between the center of the front and rear wheels. ...


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Schwimmwagen from the December 1944 issue of the Intelligence Bulletin.
The VW Schwimmwagen (Porsche Type 128 and Type 166) was an amphibious vehicle used extensively by the German Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS during the Second World War.
All Schwimmwagen were four wheel drive only on first and reverse gears with some models and ZF self lock diff on all models (even the earlier Type 128, based on the full-length Kübelwagen chassis (2.4 m (7.9 ft) wheelbase).
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The Schwimmwagen was used widely by Wehrmacht and SS units on the Eastern and Western fronts.
The Schwimmwagen was a highly successful and sought-after development of the Volkswagen family of vehicles.
This Schwimmwagen was photographed during September 1996 at a Volkswagen Car Club meeting in Dural on the outskirts of Sydney.
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