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Laser guided weapons were developed in the 1960s with the US making use of them and other PGMs from 1972 (specifically during the Vietnam War). |
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Details of the XM800T ARSV
You have to dig around in your library of Jane's Armored Fighting Vehicle Guides from around 1976 to get the details of this. The XM242 25 mm Chaingun was being developed to be fitted to the winner of the ARSV competition either the tracked or the wheeled. The test vehicles mounted the M139 20 mm autocannon. Crew: 3 Weight Loaded: 8618 kg Weight Empty: 7980 kg Length: 4.673 m Width: 3.438 m Height Turret: 2.399 m Height Hull: 1.663 m Ground Clearance: 40.6 cm Track Width: 0.482 m Length of Track on Ground: 2.743 m Ground Pressure: 0.32 kg/cm2 Maximum Road Speed: 88.5 km/h Maximum Cross Country Speed: 25 km/h Maximum Water Speed: 7.2 km/h Acceleration 0-48 km/h: 10 seconds Range: 725 km Fuel: 397 liters Amphibious: Yes Gradient: 60% Side Slope: 40% Vertical Obstacle: 0.762 m Trench: 1.828 m Engine: GM 6V53 AT Diesel Armament: M139 20 mm Cannon, M60D LMG Ammunition: 500 rds 20 mm, 2000 rds 7.62 mm |
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I hope Paul is taking notes. He is the one who inspired this thread.
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That is the day/night sight. It was developed by Delco Electronics Division of General Motors. It has high and low power day channels and high and low power night channels.
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I found most of the data from a Blog describing the XM800T's development...
The M-139 was a licensed copy of the French HS.820 20mm autocannon, used in aircraft and AAA. When Oerlikon bought Hispano-Suiza, they replaced their current 20mm design with it. The US used it only for a/c, where it was equipped with 2x 75-rd magazines. (This weapon, while excellent, saw little US use, as we developed the rotary M61 cannon and put that on aircraft.) Anyway, see the attached... |
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Xm-734. One of the developmental evolutions of the m113 leading to the Bradley. I find it fascinating.
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Also m113s were tested with lav-25 turrets.
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And as far as small arms, I have certain marine and special forces units equipped with Robinson m-96 rifles (greatly improved stoner-63s). More reliable, less sensitive, simple 7.62x39 conversion, and all the classic features that made the SEALS fall in love with it.
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You could also put the Air Defense Anti-Tank System (ADATS) although is was adopted by the Canadian Army, it was originally to be a US Weapon System. This system would morph into Multi-Mission Effects Vehicle (MMEV) which was canceled in 2007
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_De...ti-Tank_System
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I give you the Thunderblast MBT
http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Bulletproof_(1988) I want one of these in my next game
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Here's one for you... the Midgetman missile system, with one of the coolest looking vehicles!
see attached or https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1i...ew?usp=sharing
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My apologies. I didnt have to sound on
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Just about the only thing 1940s Germany was good for was coming up with wacky weapons. One I ran across today for the first time is the Fliegerfaust/Luftfaust, which was supposed to be a man-portable anti-aircraft rocket system. It didn't really work, but it's at least interesting in theory. The Fliegerfaust B was a 9-tube launcher that weighed 6.5 kilograms (loaded), firing spin-stabilized 20mm high-explosive rockets. The firing method, per Ian Hogg, was that five rockets would fire from non-adjacent barrels, followed a tenth of a second later by the other four rockets, giving a dispersal pattern intended to improve the odds of a strike against an enemy aircraft. The warhead was the standard 20mm AA shell. Reloads were carried in a canvas "bucket" carried on the right hip via shoulder strap, and looked a bit like a speedloader for a revolver. It was barely deployed before the end of the war (three were photographed in rubble in Berlin), and accuracy problems were never ironed out, which made it of dubious effectiveness as an AA weapon.
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I have both on my Best Antiaircraft Vehicles That Never Were page.
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Forgive us Pmulcahy11b, we're not worthy 😢
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Not sure where this came from? not sure if it is movie prop or something the the US Army was testing.
Are those AGM-114 Hellfire or AGM-65 Maverick missiles?
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Appears to be a mock up of a Hellfire II.
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Are you sure? the picture and truck are pre 2000 I think
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The truck is a CUCV (a military version of a Chevy 2500) and the mount looks like tripod for a TOW in ground mount.
I think it is a clever photoshop. There has been on again off again prototypes for a ground launcher version of the hellfire. The missile is a Hellfire and the mount looks like the hard point for a Apache. I think it is a clever photoshop with elements taken from several sources. |
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