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someone@some.domain - 01 Aug 2007 23:36 GMT

what was the soviet ampib that looked a little like a mini dkw?
it was a troop hauler, about 6 seater?

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AMPSOne@aol.com - 02 Aug 2007 01:30 GMT

On Aug 1, 5:36?pm, some...@some.domain wrote:

> what was the soviet ampib that looked a little like a mini dkw?
> it was a troop hauler, about 6 seater?

There was a postwar knock-off of the "Seep" called the GAZ-46 but it
sounds more like you are interested in the BRDM-1. Arsenal had a nice
kit of one in 1/35 scale but not sure who owns the molds right now.

Cookie Sewell

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someone@some.domain - 02 Aug 2007 02:16 GMT

>On Aug 1, 5:36?pm, some...@some.domain wrote:
>> what was the soviet ampib that looked a little like a mini dkw?
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>
>Cookie Sewell

i'm 100% sure it was a ww2 vehicle. it was on a special about the battle for
berlin and showed them crossing one of big b's rivers. it was a bit bigger
than a swimwagon and had the kind of finish like a dkw.
it showed georgi zuhkov riding in it and the background was definitley the
outskirts.

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AMPSOne@aol.com - 02 Aug 2007 23:12 GMT

On Aug 1, 8:16?pm, some...@some.domain wrote:

> In article <1186014627.806678.240...@e16g2000pri.googlegroups.com>, AMPS...@aol.com wrote:
> >On Aug 1, 5:36?pm, some...@some.domain wrote:
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> it showed georgi zuhkov riding in it and the background was definitley the
> outskirts.

Then the only thing it could have been was a Ford GPA "Seep" as the
Soviets were lousy producing trucks during the war, only able to
produce knock-offs like the GAZ-AA and AAA (license-built copies of
the Ford Model AA and AAA.)

Cookie Sewell

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someone@some.domain - 02 Aug 2007 23:53 GMT

>On Aug 1, 8:16?pm, some...@some.domain wrote:
>> In article <1186014627.806678.240...@e16g2000pri.googlegroups.com>,
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>
>Cookie Sewell

it looks a lot like that seep. except that it didn't have a superstructure
built on, it was unibody all the way up. like a loaf of bread with the topcut
off and guts cut out. never saw those before, but it was definitley berlin.

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Pat Flannery - 03 Aug 2007 04:54 GMT

> Then the only thing it could have been was a Ford GPA "Seep"
>

I saw the same show; it was indeed a Ford GPA "Seep".
The Soviets got the majority of them via lend-lease:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jeep_man/GPA.htm

Pat

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someone@some.domain - 03 Aug 2007 15:12 GMT

>> Then the only thing it could have been was a Ford GPA "Seep"
>>
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>
>Pat

ok.

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