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book: "Der VW-Schwimmwagen"
authors: Dr. Engelbert Macho
isbn-number: Not anymore available
language: German

This book was printed in a limited edition and it is not easy to obtain nowadays. This book contains lots of information about War Volkswagens, but of course mainly about the Schwimmwagen. It offers lots of very interesting information about the development of the Schwimmwagen type 128 and the typ 166: how the Schwimmwagen was developed, how the Schwimmwagens were tested, the problems which occured at the tests, technical information about the type 128 and the type 166...and much, much more. There's also a small chapter about the surviving Schwimmwagens after the 2nd World War.  All this is illustrated with lots of period photographs. There are lots of photos about the Schwimmwagen in the Second World War. This is really a very good book and the information it offers is very detailed and precise.