Landwasserschlepper
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Landwasserschlepper (LWS) was an unarmed amphibious tractor produced in Germany during World War II.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Landwasserschlepper is referenced by 30 other articles, and connects out to Germany, World War II and Nazi Germany.
It sits within the topics Amphibious military vehicles, Amphibious vehicles of World War II and Landing craft.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- Landwasserschlepper
- Weapon.image
- Landwasserschlepper in North Africa 1942.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.type
- Tracked amphibious tractor
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.weight
- 13 t
- Weapon.armour
- none
- Weapon.speed
- 35 km/h (21 mph) road 12 km/h (7½ mph) water
- Weapon.engine
- Maybach HL120, V12, petrol, 11,867 cc (724in3)
- Weapon.engine_power
- 300 hp (224 kW) at 3,000 rpm
- Weapon.pw_ratio
- 8.8 hp/t
- Weapon.crew
- 2 plus 20 passengers
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- amphibious vehicle
- Image
- Landwasserschlepper in North Africa 1942.jpg
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- Commons category
- Landwasserschlepper
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Origins and development
- Operational history
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Landwasserschlepper (LWS) was an unarmed amphibious tractor produced in Germany during World War II.
==Origins and development== Ordered by the Heereswaffenamt in 1935 for use by German Army engineers, the Landwasserschlepper (or LWS) was intended as a lightweight river tug with some capacity to operate on land.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Landwasserschlepper” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.