This amphibious Jeep was named after its creator, Hans Trippel. During 1935 Hans Trippel started his work on amphibious vehicles. His swimming cars were developed for civilian use, for expeditions or vacations. The German Wehrmacht got interested and orderd a military variant of the Trippel SG-6.
The Schwimmwagen Trippel SG 6 had a top speed of 95 km/h on land and 14.5 km/h in water.
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