Aka, the 'Twin-Track Fully-Suspended Amphibious Terrain Vehicle' (at least in the case of the Rampage).
From 2016:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hWE5mGN6cw
From 2024:
https://www.rideapart.com/news/719125/polaris-utv-tank-tracked-side-by-side-patent/...
LAUSTER WARGEL -GROSSRADFAHRZEUG
"UNTERWASSER-FAHRZEUG"
LAUSTER WARGEL -
UNDERWATER TROOP AND WEAPON TRANSPORTER
- Erhard Lauster
- Bruno Eckert
- BATTLE OF BRITAIN
- TWO FRONT WHEELS (DIAMETER 8,5m) AND SINGLE REAR WHEEL
- 1:4 Model
SOURCE:
"Wunibald I. E. Kamm - Wegbereiter der modernen...
Documentary film for the 30th anniversary of VNIITransmash, 1979.In 1966, VNIITransmash-100 was reorganized into the All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Transport Engineering (VNIITM).Research and testing of the T-64A tank's powertrain with the 5TDF engine.
Experimental T-64 tank with a...
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Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV)
Advanced Technology Development Future Naval Capability (FNC) Program
Science and Technology
Brief to Industry
https://www.scribd.com/document/369430054/ONR-Armored-Reconnaissance-Vehicle
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I found these pictures in the Vought Aircraft Historical Foundation archives and had to go online to research PATA
to find out what the heck it was. PATA Plenum Air Tread Amphibian
It basically has a plenum that provides air to tracks that are a series of low pressure air cells and an airflow...
I came across this neat OSS briefing film referenced in the Wikipedia article on the M29 Weasel.
The 10 minute video--worth the wait, I promise--includes some discussion of the various alternative approaches to travel across ice and snow that were evaluated as well as a lot of footage of the...
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The following information has been copied from Jane’s Light Tanks and Armoured Cars 1984 by Christopher F. Foss. It is posted here for educational purposes:
APE Amphibious Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicle
Development
In the early 1960s EWK (Eisenwerke Kaiserslautern Göppner GmbH) developed a...
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armoured engineer vehicle
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cold war
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