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Marine amphibious assault vehicle

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finsrin:
BTS missed chance to make money on this deal  :(

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/04/25/could-design-next-marine-amphibious-assault-vehicle/

GTX_Admin:
We're just waiting to come in to acquire the winner.... ;)

raafif:
 BUMP !  Inspired by the Priest post ... Up-arm an Amtrak  to 105mm.

jcf:


 ;)

raafif:
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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