DUKWs In Royal Marine Service

[Gerry McGinty]

Hi Expert friends
When you Google 'Royal Marine DUKWs' there are several sites come up which claim that the Royal Marines still, today, use DUKWs for training in Scotland.
Can this be true?
I find it very hard to believe but would be delighted to be proved wrong.

Regards
Gerrt McGinty

[Neil Ashley]

They have a few they still use at Instow in Devon but use in Scotland is new to me.

[gordon]

... last time I heard, but in Instow, not up here in Scotland.

I don't know of any usable DUKWs left in Scotland now. There were a couple of hulks at the Scottish Maritime Museum, and another couple up north, but no original / usable vehicles.

They were used extensively for training during WW2 in the Cylde estuary, not too far from the current Trident base I think?

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

This is a RN-registered DUKW at a Lorry Driver of the Year Competition at I think in Portsmouth though I keep thinking it was in fact not a civvy compo but a military one..RN and Royal Marines.

[Gerry McGinty]

Thanks for the replies gents. I don't know whether to be glad that these great machines are still in military use or to be annoyed that our poor troops are having to use obsolete equipment (not quite the helicopter argument I know but still.......)
Anyway thanks again

Gerry McGinty