US Army Landwalker

[hesham]

Hi,


http://asc.army.mil/docs/pubs/alt/archives/1964/Apr_1964.PDF

 

[Triton]

Is this concept painting by Industrial designer Syd Mead related to this project? This concept inspired the Imperial Walker design for "The Empire Strikes Back."

 

[TsrJoe]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/35399164...rv4Hgr1Soq&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

[TsrJoe]

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Army_Landwalker_1964_mural_concept.png

 

[Hood]

I guess that explains the Sidewinder in Thunderbirds Pit of Peril, aired in 1965, just a year after the Landwalker concept was shown.

 

[Dilandu]

I guess that explains the Sidewinder in Thunderbirds Pit of Peril, aired in 1965, just a year after the Landwalker concept was shown.

Hm, actually looks like that!