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Source: https://www.scribd.com/document/330469583/Mortars Source: www.miltechmag.com/2014/06/eurosatory-2014-atks-solutions-of.html Starting off with some images, mostly of the unsuccessful ATK and General Dynamics Design: Sources for the last three images...

With the marines partially shifting to focus on island hopping and helping the navy with sea control, including placing sensors on some of these small islands, I was thinking an LAV, or future ARV variant with a powerful, but off the shelf commercial marine radar could be useful. Give the...

So, I only recall that I've seen a picture of an aforementioned HIMARS variant, and so that's how it looked like: a 4x4 FMTV(?) truck with unarmored cab deploying a single non-standard 4-round(2 by 2) MLRS pod stuffed into a compact launcher of a square cross-section, and I'm not even certain if...

As some of you will know I inhabit a version of the 1970s where all my favourite stuff entered service. One of these is the AH56 Cheyenne helicopter. This machine looks futuristic even half a century later.

Back in the late 1980s or early 1990s (my hard drive failed a couple of months ago and I haven't been able to reconstruct all of my records) I was working in the general area of AV-8B, and specifically its vulnerability to combat damage. The USMC came to us and asked what would be the smallest...

I’d never heard of this before, but it’s one of the worst friendly fire incidents I’ve heard of from WW2, made worse that no action was taken against the person who seemingly was most responsible for it.

found at Worthpoint

https://www.crecy.co.uk/grumman-ea-6b-prowler?osCsid=cvsjridl1tau9tn0uk4873hkm4

Good day everyone. I have a question, is there any unbuilt or other MLRS projects of the US Military beside M270 and HIMARS?

http://futurewarstories.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-weapons-of-science-fiction-m590-exo.html

https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2020/02/12/heres-the-us-marine-corps-plan-for-sinking-chinese-ships-with-drone-missile-launchers/

The Youtube comments are well worth a look.

I am quite sure many of you will find this interesting but I am not sure what it is exactly https://marinecorpsconceptsandprograms.com/sites/default/files/files/EABO%20Concept%20Toolkit%20(Public).pdf I have also attached the document to this post for your concvenience best F_T

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

Hi folks, Wonder if anyone can expand some knowledge on a proposed two seat attack variant of the OV-1 Mohawk. Here's some illustrations.

http://blogs.militarytimes.com/battle-rattle/2014/02/27/this-new-marine-corps-project-looks-like-a-cross-between-a-tank-and-a-giant-paddle-boat/

Found in "Helicopter and VTO World, January-February 1961 issue, three designs for hovercraft aimed at te commercial and military market. On http://worldhovercraft.org/insider/aug06_printable.htm a prototype of the Aquagem (Aqua GEM) is shown and three more examples are mentioned. but with the...

Hughes Aircraft Company XAAM-N-11 model with "Marine" markings found on ebay. To my eye this looks different than the production AIM-54 Phoenix. Thoughts? Seller's description: Source...

Rotorcycles In the early 1950s the US Marine Corps was considering a single seat portable ultra light helicopter which could be airdropped. The programme was conducted by the US Navy’s Office of Naval Research and included the following designs: Hiller 1033 Rotorcycle: Two prototypes...