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Huh? Huh? Who says I never deliver up something y'all haven't seen before...

1st three: Teledyne Continental uparmor/powertrain effort from the late 1970s - early 1980s, M1 Abrams supplement. 2nd three: GDLS upgrade for Turkish M60 upgrade tender won by the Sabra II using M1A1 turret, new suspension and powerpack.

The Bell Model 309 King Cobra was an experimental attack helicopter based on Bell's successful AH-1 Cobra. The program was started in 1971 as an unsolicited response to the development problems of the Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne that was chosen for the US Army's Advanced Aerial Fire Support System...

The Steyr ACR (Advanced Combat Rifle) was a prototype flechette-firing assault rifle built for the US Army's Advanced Combat Rifle program of 1989/90. Although the Steyr design proved effective, as did most of the weapons submitted, the entire ACR program ended with none of the entrants...

The Heckler & Koch G11 is a non-production prototype assault rifle developed during the 1970s and 1980s by Gesellschaft für Hülsenlose Gewehrsysteme (GSHG) (German for "Corporation for Caseless Rifle Systems"), a conglomeration of companies headed by firearm manufacturer Heckler & Koch...

In the late 1980s, FMC (Food Machinery Company) Corporation, later becoming United Defense Industries and now BAE Systems Land and Armaments, developed the Close Combat Vehicle - Light (CCV-L) and the US Army selected a modified version to meet its requirement for an Armored Gun System (AGS). A...

Hi, here is a strange project for Blackhawk,it can carry a light tank. http://www.geocities.com/air_mech_strike/aircraftphotos.htm

Nice images of a variety of Bell Tilt-rotor projects courtesy of NASA Ames Imaging Library System (http://ails.arc.nasa.gov)

Hi, I'm looking for information on a program that the US Army was doing R&D work in for a family of articulated hull armoured vehicles. I remember seeing some photos of a proposed recce scout car version, and believe there were other variants proposed. Cheers, Matt

Stephen Trimble's last revelations http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2009/05/bell-helicopter-reveals-hybrid.html Bell Helicopter reveals "Hybrid Tandem Rotor" to replace AH-64 and UH-60 The mysterious sign in Bell Helicopter's exhibit space today at the Army Aviation Associaton...

Folks, Does anyone have a 3-view drawing of the Bell Model 207 Sioux Scout (see below)? regards, Greg

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...

The M50 Ontos is an odd vehicle with an interesting story, a problem child that the U.S. Army ended up rejecting but the U.S. Marine Corps ended using to good effect, though in small numbers and for infantry support, not as a tank hunter. There are links to more resources in the Wikipedia...

Convair submitted the Model 49 as its proposal for the Advanced Aerial Fire Support System (AAFSS) competition. From Modeling Madness: Sources: http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread72972/pg1 http://modelingmadness.com/scotts/viet/us/army/model49.htm

Over in the Army Projects section of this forum I came across a thread on a declassified 1946 report of the U.S. National Defense Research Committee, Division 12, "Transportation Equipment and Related Problems." The report is a collection of scientific analyses and research on everything from...

I discovered the attached several years back while researching at NARA; I'm not an AFV guy, so I'm hoping the experts here can shed some light on it. The report dates from June 20, 1945. Does this tank project show up at all in "Firepower: A History of the American Heavy Tank" by R.P...

Hi everybody Chevaline MRV and Polaris http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevaline http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/polaris.htm Poseidon and Trident with 14 MIRVs http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/slbm/c-3.htm http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/trident.htm ICBM-X with 20 MIRVs or more ...

The Ripsaw Unmanned Ground Vehicle. Military prototype and privately funded DARPA challenger. Super fast (0–50 in 3.5 secs), manoeuvrable, tough. Emergency services, military escort, bomb disposal. Built by the Howe Brothers. $200,000.00 each. http://www.howeandhowe.com/

Flight, 21 Aug 1941, has a brief article on a planned Ford aero engine. Other than being a fuel-injected, turbocharged V12, there are not many details of this engine. Photo of engine mock-up attached. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1941/1941%20-%201909.html Engine History picks up...