The Su-Ki was an amphibious truck that the Toyota Motor Company built for the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II, similar in concept to the American GMC DUKW. The Guadalcanal campaign showed the army that it needed vehicles able to carry supplies straight from cargo ships to shore and beyond, and the Su-Ki was a stop-gap until larger and better designed vehicles could be developed. It was based on the Toyota KCY (To-Ki) 4x4 truck, with a 3.4 litre inline-six Type B engine, a boat shaped steel hull 5 mm thick, rear axle drive through a Hotchkiss drive and a power take-off propeller for the water. It weighed 6.4 tonnes empty and carried 2 tonnes. Toyota produced 198 between November 1943 and August 1944, and the Pacific island experience led to the experimental LVT. The only known survivor is a rusted hulk on Ponape in Micronesia.
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Design, production
Between November 1943 and August 1944, 198 Su-Ki trucks were produced by Toyota.
Design
was an amphibious truck based on the Toyota KCY
Design, unladen weight
The Su-Ki had an unladen weight of 6.4 tonnes and a carrying capacity of 2 tonnes.
Survivors
The only known survivor is a rusted hulk that remains on the Micronesia island of Ponape.
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was a World War II Japanese military vehicle manufactured by the Toyota Motor Co., Ltd, similar in concept to the GMC DUKW.
Lead, Japanese military vehicle
was a World War II Japanese military vehicle manufactured by the Toyota Motor Co., Ltd, similar in concept to the GMC DUKW.
Of Make: Toyota, Lead
was a World War II Japanese military vehicle manufactured by the Toyota Motor Co., Ltd, similar in concept to the GMC DUKW.
In Group: Military Trucks and Tactical Vehicles, Lead, vehicle kind
was a World War II Japanese military vehicle manufactured by the Toyota Motor Co., Ltd, similar in concept to the GMC DUKW.
Exemplifies: Road Freight Transport, Lead, vehicle kind
was an amphibious truck based on the Toyota KCY
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