Designation
The designation of DUKW is not a military acronym; rather, the name comes from the model naming terminology used by GMC:
- "D" indicated a vehicle designed in 1942,
- "U" meant "utility",
- "K" indicated driven front wheels,
- "W" indicated two powered rear axles.
Decades later, the DUKW designation was explained erroneously by writers such as Donald Clarke who wrote in 1978 that it was an acronym for "Duplex Universal Karrier, Wheeled". However, the name is not an acronym.
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