VW Schwimmwagen - WW2 amphibious car
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Between 1941 and 1944 over fourteen thousand Volkswagen Type 166 Schwimmwagen cars were built, making it the most massed produced amphibious car in history. Only around 160 of those vehicles have survived.
In the water a screw propeller attached to the rear engine cover could be lowered and this was driven by a direct extension from the engines crankshaft. This meant that the screw only worked in a forward motion, and if the car had to be reversed in the water either a paddle needed to be used, or the four wheel drive could be engaged in reverse allowing the wheel rotation to slowly take the vehicle backwards.
The two front wheels doubled as the rudder so directional control was maintained with the the steering wheel both on land, and in the water.
Capable of both 2 and 4 wheel drive, the Schwimmwagen could reach top speeds of up to 80km/h on land and 10km/h in water.
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Only 160 have survived! This thing would be a great vehicle to have in New York City.
Best way to avoid the tunnels and bridges lmao though barely faster than gridlock
crazy how vws still sound the same as they did back then😮
This thing is very cool !
It could be yours for only 230 manpower
do not rock the boat!
im gooooooing!
ready for a schwimm!
There was a company in the US that was starting to make replicas of these a few years back, but I can't recall their name. Try google :-)
there's a Czech company that is making complete Schwimmwagen and Kubelwagen bodies....I've ben trying to contact them but so far, no aswer
very cool and i like the format, more please :)
there is a company in the Czech Republic that makes brandnew Schwimmwagen bodies....been wondering if a modern engine and drivetrain could be made to fit into one of those
Maybe you could retrofit a VW bug engine in one of them. People have made all sorts of overland vehicles using the VW Bug and the VW bus (aka Kombi) engines, specially in latin America where they're extremely popular
That's what I want to do, get hold of one of these Czech assemblies and retrofit a VW aircooled engine into one, only thing I need to figure out is how to adapt a Bug transmission to take a 4wd takeoff shaft, like the original Schwimms had
@@nursesteve2004 I wish you very good luck with your plans 🙏
@@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess I still have not hrd back from several emails to that Czech company asking how much and is there a US distributor....maybe they went under or maybe they don't think I'm serious
History shows Germany was way ahead of it's time.. thank u Nordic aliens..
I never said you could borrow my vehicle!
Muito bom.
floating beach buggy
ive swam a schwimwaggen in water ~ its unstabe and slow to steer , if you sway side to side hard enough you'll take on water
a more expirenced guy said to me ~ " the GPA is like a barge... great on water .not on land / the schwimwagen is like a boat thats great on land but not in water "
It wasn't made to do sail turns, it was made to cross rivers in a possible straight line.
@@0Turbox no ones crossed the ocean in a schwimwagen ~ GPA WINS !
Those were nice - too many times I see them with wider tires that were on them originally, and it kind of ruins the look.
I would think that would also reduce the effectiveness of the front wheels as rudders.
😘❤💋😷😷💪🤙🇨🇵👍🤙🇨🇵👍super voiture
прикольный автомобильчик.
NEAT! I'd like to modernize one and attach a jetski-type propulsion system.
are there working replicas of these?
there are several companies that make fiberglass replicas....unfortunately they do say that they are not swimmable so no go taking them into the water
liquid?
vehicles have no political Agenda
Can I have it?
No. :-)
Historical Aviation Film Unit oh come on it looks cool
Mein wagen can shcwim
Treffen am Wolfgangsee: ruclips.net/video/9E_XHyobrxU/видео.html
VW 166 Action ruclips.net/video/r1cBe3VDn7k/видео.html
Nice, but that's why Germany lost the war. Wasting time, money and resources building 14000 of these.
That's an interesting thesis as to why Germany lost the war!
I'd argue they didn't make enough , and wasted time on stupid things like the Maus
@@mathewkelly9968 Wasn't the Maus a First World War tank?
@@historicalmachines "That's an interesting thesis as to why Germany lost the war!"
Keyboard warriors have interesting theses on just about everything that happened before they were born.
@@MarsFKA Just about yes. Well said.