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Land Wasser Schlepper was an unarmed German amphibious tracked vehicle.
Specifications:
LWS 415
LWS 6
LWS 2
LWS rear view
Captured LWS 234
LWS 667
Column of LWS 3
LWS 5
LWS 667 2
Column of LWS 2
LWS 299
LWS number 500 Land Wasser Schlepper
LWS 500, Land Wasser Schlepper during road transit
LWS rail transport
Land Wasser Schlepper LWS 526 of the Pionier-Landungs-Kompanie 778
German Land Wasser Schlepper LWS
Landwasser Schlepper LWS
Column of LWS
Land Wasser Schlepper LWS
German LWS Landwasser Schlepper
Land Wasser Schlepper (LWS) during road transit – broadside
LWS Land Wasser Schlepper amphibious vehicle
LWS Landwasser Schlepper winter
LWS stern Land Wasser Schlepper
Land Wasser Schlepper LWS 667
Land Wasser Schlepper was an unarmed German amphibious tracked vehicle.
Specifications:
crew | 2-3 + 20 passengers |
lenght | 9200 mm |
width | 3050 mm |
height | 3510 mm |
normal weight | 13000 kg |
combat weight | 16000 kg |
engine: | Maybach HL120 TRM, 300 hp at 3000 rpm, 12 cylinder, water-cooled, gasoline 11867 cm3. |
transmission | SSG75, 5 forward and 1 reverse |
fuel | 600 l |
number of links per track | 143 |
max speed | 40 km/h (12,5 km/h in water) |
range | 240 km (80 km in water) |
ground clearance | 380 mm |
Bibliography:
- Walter J. Spielberger: Die Rad- und Vollketten-Zugmaschinen des deutschen Heeres 1871-1945, Militarfahrzeuge 10 (german)
- Waffen Revue 14 and 54 (german)