u.s. army

  1. sferrin

    Lockheed Loopwheel

    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
  2. axlzed3301

    American experimental tank

    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...
  3. bercr

    [SDASM Archives on Flickr] Lockheed AH-56A : period photographs

    San Diego Air and Space Museum archives on Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=49487266%40N07&view_all=1&text=AH-56A
  4. flateric

    ex-Skunk Works chief Sherman 'Sherm' Mullin RIP

    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...
  5. Grey Havoc

    Offensive Handgun Weapons System (OHWS)

    http://futurewarstories.blogspot.com/
  6. Grey Havoc

    Project Origin (U.S. Army Ground Vehicle Systems Center)

    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...
  7. Grey Havoc

    U.S. Army ATAC (Army Tank Automotive Center) Tank / AFV concepts, late 1960s

    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)...
  8. Grey Havoc

    THE BIG PICTURE " OPERATION ROLL-UP "

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2Bs-0a_0Os
  9. Dynoman

    Victory over the Trigonist Aggressor

    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...
  10. Michel Van

    The H.L. Yoh Company 1953 Tanks proposal

    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
  11. GTX

    ARES XM274 75mm automatic cannon

    Interesting development/proposal I just came across:
  12. T

    An amphibian veichle to recover the Mercury capsule

    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.
  13. S

    US 4.7-inch & 105 mm Anti Aircraft Gun/Mobile Gun (1920s)

    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...
  14. P

    Grumman Ranger Missile system

    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...
  15. Grey Havoc

    Gunsmoke-J program

    https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/space/2021/07/12/with-all-three-gunsmoke-j-satellites-on-orbit-the-army-is-ready-to-test-space-based-targeting/
  16. S

    “highly classified” Long Range Effect (LRE) ?

    “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...
  17. Grey Havoc

    Cohort Program (United States Army Applications Laboratory)

    https://www.defensenews.com/land/2021/05/06/us-army-looks-to-non-traditional-business-to-tackle-robotic-vehicle-sustainment/
  18. Grey Havoc

    M590 exo-assault rifle (Space: Above and Beyond)

    http://futurewarstories.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-weapons-of-science-fiction-m590-exo.html
  19. D

    Abrams based IFV

    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
  20. VTOLicious

    US Army Future Tactical UAS (FTUAS)

    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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