We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/so_what_is_the_whatziss_of_a_different_color.html Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:39:38 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification In his late comment to the thread - Moose has the right of it. That DUKW honks with a Portuguese accent. Confused? Click here. It's a CAMANF, a CAMINHÃO ANFÍBIO, or in english, amphibious truck, used by the Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais, the Marines. The Brazilians had DUKWs, and used them well into the 70's, rebuilding and tweaking them. In 1975 they designed and started building their own, based on a Ford truck chassis using a Detroit Diesel engine vice the mogas engine of the original DUKW. Brazilian CAMANF in 1990 at the Brazilian Marine base in Rio de Janeiro.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/so_what_is_the_whatziss_of_a_different_color.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/so_what_is_the_whatziss_of_a_different_color.html Sat, 20 Jan 2007 08:52:45 -0600 "an El Camino that floats" Looks like those crafty Cubans will do ANYTHING to get off that island :-) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/so_what_is_the_whatziss_of_a_different_color.html#comment-55373 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/so_what_is_the_whatziss_of_a_different_color.html#comment-55373 Sun, 21 Jan 2007 04:22:30 -0600 ... needs a wax job ... Cheers http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/so_what_is_the_whatziss_of_a_different_color.html#comment-55362 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/so_what_is_the_whatziss_of_a_different_color.html#comment-55362 Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:59:32 -0600 Cool! So, it's a Brazillian Duck... As opposed to a Peking Duck... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/so_what_is_the_whatziss_of_a_different_color.html#comment-55359 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/so_what_is_the_whatziss_of_a_different_color.html#comment-55359 Sat, 20 Jan 2007 13:40:30 -0600 so, basically, an El Camino that floats... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/so_what_is_the_whatziss_of_a_different_color.html#comment-55357 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/so_what_is_the_whatziss_of_a_different_color.html#comment-55357 Sat, 20 Jan 2007 12:20:52 -0600