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Marine amphibious assault vehicle
« on: April 27, 2013, 03:19:47 PM »

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Re: Marine amphibious assault vehicle
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2013, 03:16:37 AM »
We're just waiting to come in to acquire the winner.... ;)
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Re: Marine amphibious assault vehicle
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2022, 06:09:06 AM »
 BUMP !  Inspired by the Priest post ... Up-arm an Amtrak  to 105mm.

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Re: Marine amphibious assault vehicle
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2022, 03:18:05 AM »


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Re: Marine amphibious assault vehicle
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2023, 08:01:48 AM »
During WW2 Mr Elie Aghnides, a Greek engineer in the USA, came up with this hemi-spherical wheel design to combine the best features of wheeled and tracked vehicles, hence the unusual means of propulsion, which Aghnides patented.  The vehicle could be used as a basis for various uses incuding an armoured assault vehicle.

In 1954 he approached the Marmon-Herrington company to build it for him.  They lengthened the design adding a Hanley-Kermath hydrojet for better propulsion in water.  The resulting machine weighed some five tons and was propelled by a 110-hp Ford engine.

A small-scale working version & the full-scale "mud crawler" were built & tested - the US Army were apparently put off by the posssible vunerability of the wheels to gunfire.
With no interest, the vehicles were sold for scrap.  The small-scale version has disappeared but the full-scale one still exists & is driven by the scrapyard owner, Eugene Pock, and is displayed and driven at thresher meets around Indiana.

Videos here :-
https://macsmotorcitygarage.com/video-the-1954-marmon-herrington-rhino-in-action/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBDtcgD_NWw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6uA_-dTr74&t=24s
https://youtu.be/b6uA_-dTr74?t=5

3D print files :-
https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-print-models/miniatures/vehicles/marmon-herrington-rhino-scale-model

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Re: Marine amphibious assault vehicle
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2023, 03:18:55 AM »
Random idea:  AAVP-7A1 Assault Amphibious Vehicle:



fitted with TUA (TOW Under Armour) system:

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Re: Marine amphibious assault vehicle
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2023, 05:08:20 AM »
The YouTuber Colinfurze tried to build his own hemi spherical wheel vehicle using a 1t dumper as a base, you can watch his videos here;

Part 1
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Re: Marine amphibious assault vehicle
« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2023, 06:10:34 AM »
You Weasel !

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Re: Marine amphibious assault vehicle
« Reply #8 on: October 05, 2023, 06:15:55 AM »
More Weasely stuff.

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Re: Marine amphibious assault vehicle
« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2023, 01:58:49 AM »
 :smiley:
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Re: Marine amphibious assault vehicle
« Reply #10 on: October 16, 2023, 09:33:07 AM »
The Weasel seems to encourage amateur shed-builders ...
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