Amphibious Transportation - Civilian & Military
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An Amphicar 770 spotted at Motorworld Munich.
The Amphicar 770 was the first civilian amphibious vehicle, produced by the German company Amphicar in the 1960ties.
So far it also remains the only civilian amphibious vehicle that ever entered mass production.
Unfortunately sales were too low, partly because the car was blasted by the motor press on its main market in the USA as being too small, too slow on the road and too slow on the water. Therefore the company had to shut down after only a few years of activity. This blasting by the American motor press may have been caused by some envious "Not invented here" syndrome...
Actual performance was as to be expected for such a vehicle:
120 km/h on land
12 km/h on water
And actually the car was surprisingly seaworthy:
It was tested on the Baltic Sea in force 8 winds.
Two cars actually crossed the English Channel in 7 hours.
The car could be left in the water (e.g. docked at a jetty) for several hours.
The comparable (though military) US product Ford GPA "Seep" was slightly larger, but actually even slower (80 km/h resp. 9 km/h) and had an abysmal seaworthiness.
Maintenance of the Amphicar was a nightmare, though:
After each operation in water it required greasing at 13 points, one of which required removal of the rear seat and the car had to be lifted off the ground to reach some others.
Finally: Despite what what is written on some websites (including the English Wikipedia), the development of the Amphicar is completely independent of the more famous Volkswagen Schwimmwagen. The Schwimmwagen is a Porsche development.
The developer of the Amphicar, Hans Trippel, was poineering amphibious cars and has developed other amphibious vehicles long before the Schwimmwagen came into existence. One such amphibiuos car was the "Trippel SG 6", whose military variant was built at the at the Bugatti works in Molsheim, France.
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Marsh Lock is a lock and weir situated on the River Thames in England near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. The lock is close to the Berkshire bank, but accessed from the Oxfordshire side via two long walkways, the downstream one being near Mill Meadows.
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Amphibious ferry, note wheels.Runs in summer from Ferryside to Llanstephan.On pilgrim route to St Davids.
The Amphicar Model 770 is an amphibious automobile, the first such vehicle mass-produced for sale to the public starting in 1961. The German vehicle was designed by Hanns Trippel and manufactured by the Quandt Group at Lübeck and at Berlin-Borsigwalde. Its name is a portmanteau of "amphibious" and "car". The Amphicar was designed to be marketed and sold in the USA. Compared to most boats or cars, its performance was modest, and only 4000 were produced by 1965. Nevertheless, it is still among the most successful amphibious civilian autos of all time, and still often prized and preserved as novelty collectible automobiles today.
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Speaking of amphibious planes, you wouldn't believe how big this thing is until you stand next to it. Several stories tall!
October 3, 2019
Pima Air & Space Museum
Tucson, Arizona
A personal amphibious plane landing at Roosevelt Lake Arizona. They were picnicking on a little island on the lake. Sierra Ancha Mountains in the background.
Speaking of amphibious planes, you wouldn't believe how big this thing is until you stand next to it. Several stories tall!
October 3, 2019
Pima Air & Space Museum
Tucson, Arizona
Speaking of amphibious planes, you wouldn't believe how big this thing is until you stand next to it. Several stories tall!
October 3, 2019
Pima Air & Space Museum
Tucson, Arizona
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A robust population of Goldenclub (Orontium aquaticum) from Liberty County, Florida.
The sun had already disappeared when Carolina spotted this incredible scene while driving through the Apalachicola National Forest. We quickly turned around and I took my tripod down to the water's edge to take advantage of the rapidly vanishing ambient light. I was hoping for a different composition, however as soon as I eased into the water I realized that it became very deep very fast, and the bottom consisted of loose mud that quickly swallowed my leg up to my knee.
Luckily I was able to find this nice clump of plants close to the shore, and set about capturing a few frames, which I later manually focus stacked. After finishing up, Caro and I enjoyed watching a number of bats exit an adjacent culvert and fly just above the waters surface in pursuit of the swarm of mosquitoes and other insects emerging for the evening.
Hippopotamuses love water, which is why the Greeks named them the “river horse.” Hippos spend up to 16 hours a day submerged in rivers and lakes to keep their massive bodies cool under the hot African sun. Hippos are graceful in water, good swimmers, and can hold their breath underwater for up to five minutes. However, they are often large enough to simply walk or stand on the lake floor, or lie in the shallows. Their eyes and nostrils are located high on their heads, which allows them to see and breathe while mostly submerged.
Hippos also bask on the shoreline and secrete an oily red substance, which gave rise to the myth that they sweat blood. The liquid is actually a skin moistener and sunblock that may also provide protection against germs.
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Yes it does, or you could just get the 40 to Charlestown.
Lori awaiting the next tour on St Stephens Green for Viking spash tours of Dublin, on land & in the water at the Grand Canal Dock.
Making a splash into the waters of Dublin, using World War II vintage amphibious military vehicles, the Vikings conquer Dublin for a second time.
Viking Splash Tours was established in 1999 by Lynda & Peter Stocks, operating these amphibious DUKWs built by General Motors, with a City tour & into the cold waters in Grand Canal Basin.
"D" indicated a vehicle designed in 1942,
"U" meant "utility",
"K" indicated driven front wheels,
"W" indicated two powered rear axles.
The DUKW, knows as a Duck, is a 6 wheeled amphibious trucks developed & launched at the beginning of World War II for moving goods & troops, on land & in water, crucial in those beach landings.
Nowadays, fleets of these Ducks are operating as various city tours around the globe including Dublin.
Amphibians in New England have gone into winter slumber. We'll hear them before we see them next year on a warm spring night.
LARC (Lighter Amphibious Resupply Cargo Mk V.) 117 083. "W.J. Wark."
LARC-V (Lighter, Amphibious Resupply, Cargo, 5 ton), is an aluminium-hulled amphibious cargo vehicle capable of transporting 5 tons. It was developed in the United States during the 1950s, and is used in a variety of auxiliary roles to this day.
Army Museum.
Bandiana/Wodonga, Victoria, Australia.
Greek Amphibious Commandos during a training exercise demonstrating some of their weapons and equipment
Feeling watched @ Kukak Bay, Katmai NP, Alaska. On Flickr Explore Mar 28, 2021 # 476. www.flickr.com/photos/hstachel/51075679257/in/pool-inexpl...
Hippopotamuses love water, which is why the Greeks named them the “river horse.” Hippos spend up to 16 hours a day submerged in rivers and lakes to keep their massive bodies cool under the hot African sun. Hippos are graceful in water, good swimmers, and can hold their breath underwater for up to five minutes. However, they are often large enough to simply walk or stand on the lake floor, or lie in the shallows. Their eyes and nostrils are located high on their heads, which allows them to see and breathe while mostly submerged.
Hippos also bask on the shoreline and secrete an oily red substance, which gave rise to the myth that they sweat blood. The liquid is actually a skin moistener and sunblock that may also provide protection against germs.
PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 10, 2020) U.S. Navy Landing Craft, Air Cushion 79, assigned to Assault Craft Unit 5, maneuvers into the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) during in-stream onload operations while underway. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and the 15th MEU are currently conducting routine operations in the eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brendan Mullin)
Hippopotamuses love water, which is why the Greeks named them the “river horse.” Hippos spend up to 16 hours a day submerged in rivers and lakes to keep their massive bodies cool under the hot African sun. Hippos are graceful in water, good swimmers, and can hold their breath underwater for up to five minutes. However, they are often large enough to simply walk or stand on the lake floor, or lie in the shallows. Their eyes and nostrils are located high on their heads, which allows them to see and breathe while mostly submerged.
Hippos also bask on the shoreline and secrete an oily red substance, which gave rise to the myth that they sweat blood. The liquid is actually a skin moistener and sunblock that may also provide protection against germs.
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