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	Weasel M 29c  (1971) Was made by Studebaker and amphibious with flotation units. The "WEASEL" is a unique vehicle. It was used by the US Army, the US Air Force, the British Army and by the Soviet Army under the Lend Lease Program. In WWII they were a very useful means of transport in the Pacific area on the many islands with their difficult terrain. But they were also used in Arctic areas. Engine: Studebaker Champion 6-170 a 6-cylinder gasoline, 65 hp @ 3600 rpm Gearbox: Warner 3 gears forward and 1 reverse Transfer-box: Sprocket 2 speeds. Speed land: 50 water 6.5 km/h Weight: with flotation units 2175 kg It has a capstan winch on the bow. First photo was made at the: General George C. Marshall museum located Zwyndrecht, Netherlands. This Museum got a new location Liberty Park - Overloon, Netherlands.
	Weiguo water bike (2009) Li Weiguo's daughter Li Jin rides the amphibious bicycle in Wuhan of Hubei Province, China. The bicycle floats by eight water buckets used as pontoons and moves forward by an adjustable vane wheel. It is not the first amphibious bike, as you can see in the second photo, but it is simple enough to build. Yes, I know they are not self propelled. But I'm the only one that is allowed to brake my own rules!
	Westphalen prototype 01  (1970) I like to list more but I do not know more!
	Westphalen prototype 02  (1971) I like to list more but I do not know more!
	Westphalen prototype 03 (1973) Wilhelm Westphalen has build an high speed Amphib with a flat bottom. The front and rear wheel are retractable in individual compartments. The front wheel compartment can be close by horizontal sliding door panels. The rear wheels are simply moved up to the rear above water level. The propeller can also be lowered and raised. Engine is mounted between the front wheels and drives only the front wheels and the propeller. Vertical movement of the wheels and prop-shaft is by electric motors. Wheels down. Wheels up.
	Wilcraft A more or less simple hunting and fishing Amphib. The weight is 250 kg and it can load 300 kg Motion by a 8 hp motor and a two-speed gearbox with reverse Locking differential, Hydraulic disc brakes 20 mph Top Speed on the road 11 inches (30 cm) of ground clearance and a smooth bottom It is developed as an ice fishing rig www.thewilcraft.com
No picture	Wildcat see Zhejiang Kingpower
	Wolverine You can find more about this machine in the museum of ROUTE6x6. Picture used with permission from ROUTE6x6.
	Wrangler Amphibious all terrain vehicle. I know nothing about this vehicle. This vehicle was for sale on Ebay
	XA-180 (1983) The XA-180 series has excellent reputation both in Finland and abroad. Since 1983 only one vehicle has been withdrawn from service. Powered by the Valmet 611 (180 kW, hence the name XA-180) engine, the basic XA-180 PaSi; is fully amphibious with only minimal preparation. Water speed is 8 km/h road speed exceeds 110 km/h. It was originally unarmed. There is also a XA-185 series and a XA-200 series developed from the XA-180.
	XM-147 see Dukw super Dukw XM-148 see GULL XM-157 see Drake XM-410 see Chrysler XM-410
	YW 531 APC (1960) Designed in China. It is fully amphibious, it is propelled in the water by it's tracks and has a small trim vane. The vehicle was the first tracked APC to be produced by China. Speed land: 65 water: 6 km/h The YW 701 Command Post Vehicle (1968) is a YW 531 with a raised rear hull to give increased room to work inside.
No picture	Zam Iveco Terramare prototype II The final version of this Amphib will be produced with the Iveco trade mark and Iveco assistance and Iveco warranty. So you can find it under IVECO See also the prototype I the Iveco WD40 Terramare
No picture	Zhuk See AVP-093
	ZIL-132 A (1969) Amphibious Off-Road Vehicle, Russia, USSR. August 1969 the the "ZIL-132 A" has seen the light. It is a modified series production ZIL-135(x) (1962) The first ZIL 135 proto was amphibious (1958) see below. (The ZIL 135 B) http://museum.autoreview.ru/content/view/143/30/
	ZIL 135 B (1958) the ZIL 135 was a multi purpose vehicle from rocket lancer to timber truck. This ZIL 135 B has a metal hull with an internal chassis Engines: 2 x petrol 6-cylinder 123V ZIL 120 hp Gearboxes: 2 x automatic Speed land: MAXIMUM 40 km/h (lack of suspension) Transmission: 8x8 Weight: 9700 kg The use of ultra low tire pressure made a suspension system obsolete. The down side was the maximum road speed of 40 km/h and some resonance jumping effects. On the plus side was the very low vehicle weight It was possible to drive, on a flat surface, with 2 flat tires on any wheel position. In the water this Amphib is propelled by two water jets. ZIL-135[k] (1960) was the first in the world as a series auto-mobile without suspension and 4 wheel steering. ZIL-135[l]. (1964) Outer rotary wheels got individual torsion bar suspension with hydraulic-shocks absorber. In 1969 the ZIL-135 B got a rocket lancer on it's back but it can't swim with a rocket lancer on it back.
	Zil 135 P (1965) VMS-135 II  8x8 Amphibious Off-Road Vehicle, Russia, USSR. designed by V. Gratchev. The hull was, for the first time, made out of reinforced glass-fibre Engines: 2 x 180 hp Ural-375 V-8 6.9 litre gasoline Speed: land 65 water: 16 km/h Weight: 11570 kg load: 6000 kg Length: 13800 width: 2800 height: 2530 mm Ground clearance: 483 mm Fuel range: 400 km Fuel consumption: 0,5 to 1 l/km
	ZIL 153 (1957) Engine: 180 hp Gearbox: 5 speed with hydraulic power converter Suspension: independent torsion bar Water propulsion: 2 inboard water jets 6x6 and 4 wheel steering 10 (prototypes?) build ? One stands in the tank museum of Kubinki http://denisovets.narod.ru
	01- Zil PEU-G  later SHN-67 (1968) Engine: 180 hp Screw diameter: 800 mm angel 15,5 Gearbox: hydro mechanical Weigh: 1500 load: 1500 kg 02- ZIL 2906 ?? PROTO Amphiroll is smaller than the 2906 03- ZIL 2906 ?? (1975) Amphiroll Used to recover the cosmonauts from the Sojoez capsule Engines: 2 x Venyukovsky 2103 each drive one worm conveyor. 04- ZIL 29061 ?? (1970) Experimental rotary-screw snow and swamp buggy Designer Vitalius Andreevich [Grachev] Electrical transmission power from a gas turbine engine. 05- cargo version of no 04 06- museum.autoreview.ru http://museum.autoreview.ru/content/view/143/30/
	ZIL/ZIS 485 or BAV A or BAV one (1952) (большой автомобиль водоплавающий) "ZIL/ZiS" Amphibious 6x6 Truck, it is ZIL/ZIS-151 based. The production started in 1956. It looks like a DUKW, it swims like a Duck, but it has no winch on the back so it is NO DUKW. :-) The winch is placed in the middle so it can winch the load up the rear loading ramp or the winch can be used on the front to pull the 485 out of the mud. ZIS stands for Zavod Imeni Stalina, it was a factory in Moscow, Russia, USSR that had Stalins name. Length: 9540 width: 2480 hight: 2660 Weight: 7150 kg load land: 2500 kg load water: 3500 kg Engine: 6 cylinder, 4-stroke-petrol, 5550 cm3 110 hp @ 2900 r/min Speed land: 73 km/h water: 10,7 km/h (GPS speed) Range 570-690 km average on the road, or it swims 70 km at maximum speed. Water propulsion by a propeller In 1957 the ZIL-485A was introduced. (improved 485) It has bigger tyres and 350 kg more load. The 485A is build on the chassis of the ZIL-157 Photo and info send in by Konstantin from Russia. More ZIL vehicles can be found on www.autogallery.org.ru/gzis.htm
	ZIL PEU 1 M (1966) Large cargo-passenger search and rescue vehicle build to recover the cosmonauts from the Sojoez capsule And the Sojoez capsule itself. It is a 6x6 with 4 wheel steering (first and last axle) It has a 4 gear hydro mechanical transmission bevel box transmission Prop shafts and in wheel reducer gears. Running gear is the same as ZIL-135. The distance between the axles is 2500 mm. The wheels of the first and third pair have independent suspension. The central axle has NO suspension! It has a centralized regulation of tire pressure. Water propulsion is by a water jet, driven from a PTO. If the water jet fails in the water, movement can be achieved by the wheels.
No Picture	PEU-2 (1969 1970) same as the ZIL-5901
	ZIL PEU-1 R (1984) Proto type This is fun it has a gas turbine engine in the cargo bay. turbine engine: 25[tl] thrust 1720 kg That gives so much trust it can clime a tree. Down side, there is no more room for the cargo. ;-)
	ZIL-4906 (1980 1991) "Синими птицами" (Russian for Dark Blue Bird) Amphibious Off-Road Vehicle, Russia, USSR. It is a 6WD and 4WS (the front and rear wheels are steering). It has air conditioning Body is made of reinforced fibreglass Chassis is made out of aluminium Engine: ZIL-131 150 hp Gearboxes: mechanical to hydraulic Speed land: 80 water: 13 km/h Length: 9000 width: 2500 height: 3000 mm Independent suspension on all wheels Brakes: disk on all wheels The tire pressure can be controlled from the cabin Water-propulsion: Two propellers, Passenger version: Used for the evacuation of cosmonauts, who landed sometimes in almost inaccessible places. Cargo version 1: Twin-boom crane installation for lateral (un)loading of the Amphiroll snow and swamp buggy ZIL-2906. Used for the evacuation of cosmonauts, who landed sometimes in REEL inaccessible places. Cargo version 2: With a single boom crane to recover the Sojoez capsule itself.
	ZIL-49042 (1975) Amphibious Off-Road Vehicle, Russia, USSR. From this Amphibian was the Dark Blue Bird Developed.
	ZIL-5901 (PEU-2) (1970) Amphibious large cargo-passenger search and rescue vehicle Build to recover the cosmonauts from the Sojoez capsule and the Sojoez capsule itself. It was created on the base of the PEU-1. The nose is cut for a bit more off-road freedom. The body is also made of fibreglass.
	Zhejiang Kingpower Vehicle Manufacture Limited (2009) This vehicle WAS advertised as street legal in Germany!(2010) Engine: 3-Cylinder 796 cc line 4-Stroke SOHC (EFI) 36hp @ 5500 r/m Gearbox: CVT + 2 forward gears and 1 reverse Starting: Electric Water propulsion: water jet Speed land: 60 water: 15 km/h Length: 3160 width: 1620 height: 1150 mm Wheelbase: 670 mm Tread: 1380 mm Ground clearance: 200 mm Maximum climb capacity: 45 degree Load land: 500 water: 300 kg or 4 Persons Towing: 1200 kg Brakes: Hydraulic Fuel: 40 Litre Steering: Handlebar Steering Electric winch and a trailer hitch are standard. Body: Compound Material
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