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Germany's Duck: Schwimmwagen Type 166 Volkswagen

A look at the "Schwimmwagen" ("Swimming Car") Type 166 Volkswagen - Kfz 1/20 of the German Army in World War 2. We look at the development history, how it was used and not used, the claim that it was introduced to replace motorcycles (Kräder) and called "Kradschützenwagen", which has little information to support it. DISCLOSURE D: I was invited by the Deutsche Panzermuseum in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023 & 2025. https://www.youtube.com/c/DasPanzermuseum/featured Some footage recorded at Militracks 2019 at the Overloon War Museum: https://www.militracks.nl - https://www.oorlogsmuseum.nl/en/home/ »» GET BOOKS & VIDEOS «« » Stukabook - Doctrine of the German Dive-Bomber - http://stukabook.com » The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company November 1944 (StG 44) - http://sturmzug.com » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com » Tank Assault - Combat Manual of the Soviet Tank Forces 1944 - http://stm44.com » IS-2 Stalin's Warhammer - http://www.is-2tank.com » StuG: Ausbildung, Einsatz und Führung der StuG Batterie - http://stug-hdv.de » Achtung Panzer? Zur Panzerwaffe der Wehrmacht - http://panzerkonferenz.de » Panzerkonferenz Video - http://pzkonf.de »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis » YouTube Membership - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK09g6gYGMvU-0x1VCF1hgA/join »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized »» SOURCES «« Bundesarchiv Mayer-Stein, Hans-Georg: Volkswagen Militärfahrzeuge 1938-1948. KdF-Wagen, Kübelwagen und Schwimmwagen im Einsatz., Karl Müller Verlag: Erlangen, Germany, 1994. Oswald, Werner: Deutsche Militärlastwagen bis 1945, 1. Auflage, Motorbuch Verlag: Stuttgart, Germany, 2019. https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=289549 http://www.kfzderwehrmacht.de/Homepage_english/Motor_Vehicles/Germany/Volkswagen/VW_Type_128/vw_type_128.html https://www.wealdfoundation.org/collection/typ-166-schwimmwagen https://www.volkswagen-group.com/de/volkswagen-chronik-17351/1937-bis-1945-unternehmensgruendung-und-einbindung-in-die-kriegswirtschaft-17354#1942 00:00 Intro 00:45 Look Inside 02:35 Walk Around 06:09 Requirements 09:35 Development 10:06 Technical Data 10:38 Trial Reports Swamp 11:56 War-Time Use 13:35 Was it used amphibiously? 14:40 Summary 16:14 Exit Strategy #schwimmwagen #vw #germanarmy #ww2 #amphibious #car #wehrmacht