Marketing Over Function

[Richard A Thackeray]

But that’s for a very, very specially prepared vehicle, yes the MOD did prep vehicles for wading, but my understanding was that bridging would be the main form of crossing rivers had WW3 broken out in the Cold War

It was indeed, with ‘bridging vehicles’ that swam into position, & acted as pontoons, to carry a deck that was laid/locked in place

The days of the Stalwart swimming across are long gone
I’ve seen a couple in private ownership swim