"Duck boat" redirects here. For tours using amphibious vehicles, see Duck tour.
DUKW
A DUKW in use by American troops in France
Type
Amphibious transport
Place of origin
United States
Production history
Manufacturer
GMC Truck and Coach Chevrolet
Produced
1942–1945
No. built
21,147[1][2]
Specifications (Yellow, 1942[4])
Mass
13,600 lb (6,200 kg) empty
Length
31 ft (9.45 m)
Width
8 ft (2.44 m)
Height
8 ft 10 in (2.69 m) with top up 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) minimum
Crew
1
Main armament
Ring mount for .50in (12.7mm) M2 Browning machine gun fitted to one out of four DUKWs
Engine
GMC Model 270 91 hp (68 kW)[3]
Payload capacity
5,000 lb (2,300 kg) or 24 troops
Suspension
Live axles on leaf springs
Operational range
400 mi (640 km) on road
Maximum speed
50 mph (80 km/h) on road, 6.4 mph (6 kn; 10 km/h) in water [citation needed]
The DUKW (GMC type nomenclature, colloquially known as Duck) is a six-wheel-drive amphibious modification of the 2+1⁄2-ton CCKW trucks used by the U.S. military during World War II and the Korean War.
Designed by a partnership under military auspices of Sparkman & Stephens and General Motors Corporation (GMC), the DUKW was used for the transportation of goods and troops over land and water. Excelling at approaching and crossing beaches in amphibious warfare attacks, it was intended only to last long enough to meet the demands of combat. Surviving DUKWs have since found popularity as tourist craft in marine environments.[5]
^"DUKW". US Army Transportation Museum. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008.
^Bishop, Chris (2002). The Encyclopedia of Weapons of WWII. Sterling Publishing Company. p. 67. ISBN 1-58663-762-2. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
^Doyle, David (2003). Standard catalog of U.S. Military Vehicles. Krause Publications. p. 121. ISBN 0-87349-508-X.
^TM 9-802 2 1⁄2 ton Amphibian Truck, 6x6, GMC DUKW-353. US War Dept. 1942. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
^Allen, Thomas B. (August 2002). "Odd DUKW: On land and in the water, World War II's amphibian workhorse showed the skeptics a thing or two — now it shows tourists the sights". Smithsonian. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
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