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Old October 11th, 2009, 08:00 PM
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Default Re: Terrapin, DUKW

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It was only used by the British. The Terrapin should therefore be removed from the ANZAC OOB (spob15/ Unit 057) – and possibly replaced with a DUKW. AFAIK it was only really used by one unit – the specialist 79th Armoured Division. Its heyday was during the Battle of the Scheldt/ Walcheren Operation when 40 Terrapins were used to transport Canadian troops and supplies. It wasn’t used during the Normandy landings. The British used fleets of DUKWs instead.
Yeah, I did that and removed it from India when I fixed the Brit one




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The British imported the American LV 4 and used it as the ‘Buffalo.’ It was armed with various combinations of guns. The armour was said to be “barely bullet proof”.
It was the 30 man carry capacity that I've flagged for attention not the vehicle itself. I'm aware of it's use by the Brits in NW Europe

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