Friday, August 24, 2012

The Terrapin 8x8. Marine Personnel Carrier's Pappy..

Name a World War 2 vehicle that had the same specifications as the Marine Personnel Carrier that's wheeled.  You could name the DUKW but that would be a misnomer.  It wasn't designed transport men in the assault, it was and is a logistics vehicle.  The LVT? Nope, its tracked.

You would have to point to the Briish Terrapin8x8. It laid the groundwork for the modern amphibious 8x8 fighting vehicle.  Although it wasn't successful because of certain design decisions it did play a major role with the Canadians in the fighting in Northern Europe.

Read about the Terrapin here.
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  1. johnFriday, August 24, 2012 2:34:00 PM

    Interesting. I wonder why they chose to use two diffrent engines to power the diffrent sides, it wasn't tracked could of just ran the drive shaft threw the middle. Oh well

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  2. SolomonFriday, August 24, 2012 5:15:00 PM

    i was curious about that too. the brits are usually pretty good about armor designs

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  3. johnFriday, August 24, 2012 8:09:00 PM

    If memory recalls the company that did this made a lot of tanks for the brits, may have just tried to take what they were already doing and run with it. Even then I'm surprise they didnt havr a answer like the lvt

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