Didn't see anything else here about this already.
View: https://www.reddit.com/r/EngineeringPorn/comments/1dtur18/lockheed_loopwheel_testbed_compared_to_a_vehicle/
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19780016310/downloads/19780016310.pdf
T34 Heavy Tank
Developed in 1945 as a modernization of the T30 heavy tank. The vehicle was equipped with the 120 mm T53 gun and the new Continental AV-1790 engine. Because of the decline in heavy tank development after the end of World War II, the T34 never entered service. The prototypes were...
as I understand went mostly unnoticed, did happen back in April
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Sherman Mullin, retired president of LMCO's Skunk Works and a valued member on our Board of Trustees
Sherman "Sherm" Mullin had an illustrious 56-year career in aerospace...
https://breakingdefense.com/2022/10/lightning-in-a-bottle-inside-the-origin-of-the-armys-future-robotic-fleet/
ORIGINAL CAPTION: The Project Origin vehicle, a surrogate for Army Robotic Combat Vehicles, is seen at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana, in September 2021...
computing
cybernetics
early 2020s
late 2010s
robotic combat vehicle
robotics
u.s.army
united states army
unmanned ground combat vehicle
unmanned ground vehicle
https://fromtheswedisharchives.wordpress.com/2018/10/16/the-american-s-tank/
https://fromtheswedisharchives.wordpress.com/2018/10/23/us-tank-concepts-no-1-1-b-1968/
https://fromtheswedisharchives.wordpress.com/2018/10/28/us-tank-concepts-no-2/
(For third concept, see first link)...
cold war
combat arms group (fort leavenworth)
detroit arsenal
from the swedish archives
late 1960s
u.s.armyu.s.army tank automotive center
united states army
After WWII the US military developed a large scale exercise using a fake country called Aggressor. They were known as the Trigonist (see Circle Trigonist link, their flag, manuals, etc.) and the military developed a plethora of information and documentation to support these operations. I thought...
In 1953s Several US manufacture were ask to study new tank design
One of them is the H.L. Yoh Company, who proposed let me say intriguing designs...
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNPA9Ohrpqk
I just found this picture in an old Italian magazine:
The caption says it is a special amphibian veichle to recover the Mercury capsule. The picture was taken during an exercise, using a mockup of the Mercury, with the same dimensions and mass.
I was looking for the history of the anti-aircraft guns of the US Army since 1918 but then stumbled upon an AA gun that I never heard of before. A little effort to find some information was done, but it's surprisingly quite scarce.
4.7-inch Mobile Gun, M1920E
The gun was supposed to be the...
Once again, I've come across this 'official' Grumman 'Ranger' missile cutaway desktop model, which I've never seen or heard of before.
On the page it's from, it states
Grumman 'Ranger' Infantry Heavy Assault Missile
(https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25262/lot/19/?category=list)
Anyone know...
“highly classified” Long Range Effect (LRE) ?
US Army has taken a few - but not all - of the wraps off a “highly classified” Long Range Effect (LRE) during #Edge21 demo at Dugway Proving Ground, which I’m attending. No pictures released sadly, but a video showed to me here shows a large, winged...
So I've heard that during the mid 80s there were attempts to create a 60-ton class IFV based on the M1 Abrams some designs even mounting the 75mm
Areas cannon is this true any drawings
In the spring of 2019, the Army awarded a contract to four industry partners to provide non-developmental tactical systems, also known as "off the shelf" technology. The Army will provide the tactical UAS to units so Soldiers in U.S. Army Forces Command can evaluate the system under field...
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