Both came from Porsche’s work at Stuttgart on the Type 86 and shared their mechanicals with the rear-drive Kübelwagen: a 1,131 cc air-cooled flat-four of 25 hp, ZF self-locking differentials front and rear, and rear portal axles for ground clearance. Four-wheel drive engaged only in first gear and reverse.
The Schwimmwagen was 3.825 m long on a 2.00 m wheelbase, swam at 10 km/h behind a fold-down propeller and ran at 80 km/h on land; Fallersleben built 14,276 and Porsche 1,308, with hulls pressed by Ambi Budd in Berlin. The Kommandeurswagen put a closed Beetle body on the same running gear; two more were assembled from leftover parts in November 1946.
Type 128 prototype (1940–1941)
1 VEHICLE IN THIS CHAPTERThe longer amphibious prototype, shortened and lightened into the Type 166.
Registry records · chapter 1
Type 166 and Type 87 (1941–1944)
2 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTER15,584 Schwimmwagen and about 564 Kommandeurswagen.
Registry records · chapter 2
Base models
The structural configurations the registry and the Creator build from; each page carries the researched specification.Sources
- Volkswagen Schwimmwagen — Wikipedia
- Volkswagen Kommandeurswagen — Wikipedia