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    Special Large Amphibious Vehicle

    That huge frame runs on all kinds of soft terrain and makes a mess of it.
    As you can picture from looking at it, it can tug ships or sleds carrying all kinds of containers.

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    Maelfactor
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    Not entirely science fiction. Steam engines with the corkscrew drive did actually exist. They were mostly used in snowy climates to move sleds full of logs I believe. I don't remember if there was ever an amphibious version, though there certainly could have been. Slapping an electromotive on it is kinda neat though. It would definitely have some advantages over both wheeled and tracked vehicles in some terrains.

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    HeeroWingZero
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    Maelfactor said:

    Not entirely science fiction. Steam engines with the corkscrew drive did actually exist. They were mostly used in snowy climates to move sleds full of logs I believe. I don't remember if there was ever an amphibious version, though there certainly could have been. Slapping an electromotive on it is kinda neat though. It would definitely have some advantages over both wheeled and tracked vehicles in some terrains.

    I think the science fiction tag from the original post is referring to the robot on the small boat

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    sanitaeter
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    Maelfactor said:

    Not entirely science fiction. Steam engines with the corkscrew drive did actually exist. They were mostly used in snowy climates to move sleds full of logs I believe. I don't remember if there was ever an amphibious version, though there certainly could have been. Slapping an electromotive on it is kinda neat though. It would definitely have some advantages over both wheeled and tracked vehicles in some terrains.

    Not only steam engines! The Americans experimented in the 50s or 60s with this design.

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