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3 unusual facts about Amphibious vehicle


Assault Craft Unit 5

With over 400 Sailors in ACU-5, the operation department is in charge of the deployments, some of the sailors are deployed with amphibious readiness groups (ARG's).

GAZ5903V Vetluga

The GAZ5903V Vetluga is a Russian heavy firefighting vehicle, a modified BTR-70 amphibious armored personnel carrier with an externally mounted fire suppression system in a large vertically movable turret.

Toyota G1

A military Amphibious vehicle vehicle using a metal boat style hull and KC truck mechanicals.


Aton Impulse Viking 2992

The Viking 2992 is an advanced all-terrain amphibious vehicle developed by Aton Impulse, a Russian manufacturer of amphibious vehicles.

Gibbs Quadski

The Gibbs Quadski is an amphibious quad bike/ATV, launched in October 2012 by Gibbs Sports Amphibians.

Véhicule Blindé Léger

The VBL is fully amphibious and can swim at 5.4 km/h; it is also air transportable by C-130, C-160 and A400M.


see also

Arrid

During the 1940s and '50s, its famous slogan was "Don't be half-safe—use Arrid to be sure", which gave rise to Half-Safe, the name of the amphibious vehicle which Ben Carlin used to circumnavigate the world in the mid 20th century.

Roderick Stephens

He received the Medal of Freedom, the United States's highest civilian award, for his contributions during World War II in his design and engineering of the DUKW ("duck") military amphibious vehicle.