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DUKW

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DUKW [¦dək ′dəb·əl‚yü]
(ordnance)
A 2½-ton amphibious truck used by the U.S. Army to transport cargo on land or water; 36 feet (11 meters) long, with a cargo capacity of 5175 pounds (2347 kilograms). Also known as duck.


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He drove a DUKW amphibious vehicle, designed to travel on both land and water, during the Normandy landings.
We were with a group of fellow tourists seeing the sights of London from the back of a converted World War II amphibious landing vehicle - the DUKW, or Duck.
The amphibious vehicles are based on the famous World War II DUKW design, which allows the vehicles to travel through historic Branson and then splash into Lake Taneycomo for a cruise.
 
 
 
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