Sunday, October 28, 2012

Blast from the past. Chrysler River Utility Craft.


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  1. There was a vehicle with the same propulsion as these at P. I. when I went through in the 70's it was used to pull deserting Recruits out of the marsh around the Island.
    Screw drive works good except on hard surfaces.

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    1. wow. you're killing me. now i gotta go find some info on what they were using!

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  2. Chrysler actually built a proof of concept vehicle and the Navy tested in in Louisiana for possible use in Vietnam. The idea crops up now and again, there's a bunch of videos of a Russian one on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpcv_-ICcIk

    I've actually found a Phillipine discussion board that insists they bought two of these and reconditioned them as river patrol boats but I'm skeptical. http://www.timawa.net/forum/index.php?topic=16446.0

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