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  1. cluttonfred

    U.S. tank carrier concept (1946)

    Over in the Army Projects section of this forum I came across a thread on a declassified 1946 report of the U.S. National Defense Research Committee, Division 12, "Transportation Equipment and Related Problems." The report is a collection of scientific analyses and research on everything from...
  2. jzichek

    US Army "Super Tank" 8 March 1945

    I discovered the attached several years back while researching at NARA; I'm not an AFV guy, so I'm hoping the experts here can shed some light on it. The report dates from June 20, 1945. Does this tank project show up at all in "Firepower: A History of the American Heavy Tank" by R.P...
  3. M

    MRV, MIRV, MARV, and FOBS Projects

    Hi everybody Chevaline MRV and Polaris http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevaline http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/polaris.htm Poseidon and Trident with 14 MIRVs http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/slbm/c-3.htm http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/trident.htm ICBM-X with 20 MIRVs or more ...
  4. Matej

    Ripsaw UGV

    The Ripsaw Unmanned Ground Vehicle. Military prototype and privately funded DARPA challenger. Super fast (0–50 in 3.5 secs), manoeuvrable, tough. Emergency services, military escort, bomb disposal. Built by the Howe Brothers. $200,000.00 each. http://www.howeandhowe.com/
  5. Apophenia

    Ford V12 Aero Engine

    Flight, 21 Aug 1941, has a brief article on a planned Ford aero engine. Other than being a fuel-injected, turbocharged V12, there are not many details of this engine. Photo of engine mock-up attached. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1941/1941%20-%201909.html Engine History picks up...
  6. S

    Javelot (?) French air defence system

    Many years ago I read about this project (end of 70s or early 80s). It was a short-range small caliber rocket launcher, destroying low flying targets by salvo of unguided rockets. A box with 48 tubes was installed in the turret similar to the turrets of modern AA guns, with integral radar system...
  7. Antonio

    Patriot SAM replacement

    I have been doing some research on my old newspaper clips and found that one dated 06-September-1992: Anybody knows what is the refered system: the PAC-3? Thanks in advance Antonio
  8. Abraham Gubler

    T92 and T93 heavy self propelled guns

    I’m looking for any further information and/or imagery (especially a plan/side/front schematic) of the US Army’s HMC T92 and GMC T93 heavy self propelled guns (Gun or Howitzer Motor Carriage) from the end of WW2. Both were mounted on the chassis of the T26E3 heavy tank with the T92 mounting a M1...
  9. Abraham Gubler

    Standard Manufacturing Co. Excalibur

    I stumbled across this ultimate ATV gun-buggy while looking for pictures of the Excalibur PGM for work. It’s the Standard Manufacturing Co. Excalibur/Vulcan gun system that was demonstrated to the US Army’s logistics exposition PROLOG '85. It would appear to be a large Supercat style ATV fitted...
  10. A

    Unmanned "Iron mountain"

    take a look http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/05/unmanned-tiltro.html
  11. yasotay

    [Fantasy] Unmanned Air Lifter

    A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.... OK six years ago right here, I had opportunity to work with some {real} Hollywood types who were helping the Army with future ideas and development of training simulations. Well they were looking for interesting ideas for future Army things and I...
  12. Abraham Gubler

    Alvis Sagiter

    Here is some data on an interesting British program from the early 1980s. The following information has been copied from Jane’s Light Tanks and Armoured Cars 1984 by Christopher F. Foss. It is posted here for educational purposes. Alvis Sagitar Alvis Limited has submitted three studies to the...
  13. uk 75

    Red Star White Star 1975 Whatif orbat

    Many years ago in the 70s I bought a boardgame called Red Star White Star about a hypothetical mid-70s war between US/West German units and Russian forces. The counters had neat silhouettes of M60s and Sheridans for the US and Leopards for the Germans. Seeing the thread on MBT 70 reminded me...
  14. RyanC

    US Army's 1990s Armored Systems Modernization (ASM) Program (FIFV, Block III Tank, Crusader)

    Scanned this in from an old Army Magazine; this has the clearest, most detailed layout of the specs of the Army's AMS program, which included Crusader, Block III Tank, FIFV, etc. -------- ARMY May 1991 Armor's Future: From One, Many By Eric C, Ludvigsen Associate Editor Convinced of the...
  15. B

    Lockheed XH-51A

    From Helicopter World 1965.
  16. H

    Sikorsky S-67 Blackhawk

  17. J

    General Dynamics (Convair) GETOL studies

    1962 drawing , unknown source
  18. archipeppe

    FIAT G91R to U.S. ARMY??

    FIAT G91 was one of the most succesful Italian aeronautical products of '60s. A lot of the were produced and utilized at least by AMI, Luftwaffe and Portoguese Air Force. FIAT G91 was a close support light STOL fighter-bomber, with some recce capabilities despite its not optimal flight...
  19. C

    XM2001 Crusader 155mm SPH (Self Propelled Howitzer)

    I have a lot informations about XM-2001 Crusader but nothing about "light" version (specifications) . These one had only six wheels but i have no dimensions (lenght ? etc...) ;D
  20. RyanC

    Divisional Air Defense System (DIVAD / DIVADS) Proposals

    Sperry's Proposal for the DIVAD system: Was based off their earlier T37 VIGILANTE AA Gun, but rechambered in 35mm NATO instead of 37mm. ------ General Electric's Proposal for the DIVAD system: Utilizing their GAU-8A AVENGER cannon system.
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