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Offline Dover

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DUCKS
« on: May 08, 2012, 01:39:38 PM »
after spending far to long in a LVT 2 yesterday and knowing this has been brought up like 400 times on here i think it needs to be atleast issued by the people in charge if we can atleast get DUCKS
they where used a ton in both pacific and Atlantic battles
they probably arn't much faster than lvt's in water but way the hell faster on land atleast

quick facts i found online
With a maximum speed of 20mph on Land (or 7.5 mph on water) and an operational range of miles on land (or 50 miles on water) the LVT-2 could carry a payload of 6,950-lb.



so its a bit slower in water being 7mph but atleast when it hits land your at 50mph

don't tell me someone hasn't had this idea on their desk at high tech for the last 10 years come

and a responce or idea of whats coming down the tube from the programs would be cool too like maybe a forum or post of what to exspect over the next 6 months or year in updates ??
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Re: DUCKS
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2012, 02:16:56 PM »
nice part is its a one and done no one can ask for variants

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2 1/2 Ton, 6x6, Amphibian Truck, DUKW:
Scorpion: Had 4.5" / 114.3 mm rockets mounted.2 Used in the Pacific theater of operations.2
BAV-485: Soviet Union's copy.2 Had a loading ramp at the rear of the cargo area.2

thats all there was
but they did have a 50 cal on about 1/4 of them for anti air fire that was from the factory would be nice to have that

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Re: DUCKS
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2012, 07:38:48 PM »
And here I was thinking someone else wanted real ducks lurking on shore too... Prop strike on a duck as youre RTB anyone?
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Re: DUCKS
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2012, 07:41:46 PM »
And here I was thinking someone else wanted real ducks lurking on shore too... Prop strike on a duck as youre RTB anyone?
and here I was thinking he was talking about the AMX40 french tank that looks like a duck... :lol
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Re: DUCKS
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2012, 10:39:00 PM »
after spending far to long in a LVT 2 yesterday and knowing this has been brought up like 400 times on here i think it needs to be atleast issued by the people in charge if we can atleast get DUCKS
they where used a ton in both pacific and Atlantic battles
they probably arn't much faster than lvt's in water but way the hell faster on land atleast

quick facts i found online
With a maximum speed of 20mph on Land (or 7.5 mph on water) and an operational range of miles on land (or 50 miles on water) the LVT-2 could carry a payload of 6,950-lb.
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so its a bit slower in water being 7mph but atleast when it hits land your at 50mph

don't tell me someone hasn't had this idea on their desk at high tech for the last 10 years come

and a responce or idea of whats coming down the tube from the programs would be cool too like maybe a forum or post of what to exspect over the next 6 months or year in updates ??

We already have them...   :headscratch:


I try to get downtown at least twice a year to ride them   :aok

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Re: DUCKS
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2012, 10:54:06 PM »
We already have them...   :headscratch:


I try to get downtown at least twice a year to ride them   :aok

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Offline Dover

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Re: DUCKS
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2012, 11:35:23 PM »
the dells hell yeah going there myself in like 4 weeks
for those who don't know
someone had a genious idea of building the worlds largest water park in wisconsin
anyway to subject

this is why we should have them they are by far the most famous and where very very integral to all the beach operations done during the war

just google them and they are officially DUKW   not duck but still its a duck

and ignore the gun on them thats just a picture of them moving a gun which they did i just want them for carrying troops

shoot i might use them over the M3 that way when a base is near water you can go around in the water a little and not have to go the long way around

i challenge anyone to say this is a bad idea

and that it it shouldn't already be in the game

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Re: DUCKS
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2012, 11:44:17 PM »
the dells hell yeah going there myself in like 4 weeks
for those who don't know
someone had a genious idea of building the worlds largest water park in wisconsin


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« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2012, 07:58:38 AM »
Tip your driver and buy the little souvenir book.  Most of them are college students paying for school.

That sheds more light on the above post, now  :rofl
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Re: DUCKS
« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2012, 08:37:00 AM »
*ahem*

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Re: DUCKS
« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2012, 10:34:55 AM »
Tip your driver and buy the little souvenir book.  Most of them are college students paying for school.

so am I lol

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« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2012, 10:48:37 AM »
There are Ducks in Galveston too.


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« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2012, 10:53:06 AM »
All I got to say is you better quacking believe we need DUKW's in the game!

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« Reply #13 on: May 09, 2012, 10:02:28 PM »
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Re: DUCKS
« Reply #14 on: May 11, 2012, 12:17:05 AM »
Ducks in San Fran too, the driver on our tour let my drive it when we were in the Bay, let me drive it under the Bay bridge and around one of the supports.  :neener:

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