Military Vehicles, March 1997,: XM147 Super DUKW

XM147 Super DUKW

William Buonaugurio AMCICP-IM 3775 (wbuonau@apg-9.apg.army.mil)
Sun, 9 Mar 97 20:16:28 EST

Thanks to all for your help, I found the data plate over the weekend, just
a simple "XM147 EXP ###" plate screwed on the panel above the winch lever. All
the other plates seem to be just instructions from DUKWS since the
numbers they reference are for DUKWS. The bad news is that at about 35 feet
tip to tip its too long for anything I have, so I bought a mainteance tent
yesterday and will build the garage around it. Its rained here in Maryland for
the past two weeks so I haven't done much except clean out the trash. Front
wheels appear to be the "combat rims" with 11 x 18 tires while rear wheels
are ordinary duece wheels w/ 9 x 20 tires. I'll put 9 x 20s on the
front for now, what do most other DUKW owners have? I also found that
there were fender skirts for front and rear wheel wells in the bed
and they must have been stored inside since they are in real good
shape with most of the original paint Not much luck with
historical photos/info. I found the booklet on DUKWs in the post
library and Transportation museum is sending me up an excerpt form a test
report, but thats about it.
Regards
Tom