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A self-propelled air cushion vehicle includes a traction wheel device comprising at least two separate traction wheel units. Each traction wheel unit includes at least two consecutive wheels surrounded by a common caterpillar track, preferably two such wheel pairs arranged side by side. The traction

A self-propelled air cushion vehicle includes a traction wheel device comprising at least two separate traction wheel units. Each traction wheel unit includes at least two consecutive wheels surrounded by a common caterpillar track, preferably two such wheel pairs arranged side by side. The traction wheel units are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, one at the fore end of the vehicle and the other at the rear end of the vehicle, both at the central longitudinal axis of the vehicle.

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A self-propelled air cushion vehicle comprising a rigid body structure having a front end and a rear end and defining a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, a flexible skirt attached to the body structure and enclosing a space to contain an air cushion for at least partially supporting the rigid body s

A self-propelled air cushion vehicle comprising a rigid body structure having a front end and a rear end and defining a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, a flexible skirt attached to the body structure and enclosing a space to contain an air cushion for at least partially supporting the rigid body structure, two traction wheel units, and first and second universal joints connecting the traction wheel units respectively to the rigid body structure outside said flexible skirt, one traction wheel unit being in front of the front end of the rigid body structure and the other behind the rear end thereof, at positions in the region of said longitudinal axis, each of said wheel units comprising at least two consecutive wheels and at least one common, ground-engaging caterpillar track surrounding said wheels, and the vehicle further comprising drive means connected to the traction wheel units for driving the caterpillar tracks to propel the vehicle, and steering means for varying the angular position of at least one of said wheel units relative to said longitudinal axis.