Jammersix Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Oooh, I forgot that! An amphibious, air-droppable Abrams tank that carries an infantry squad and has an 81mm mortar in the back! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AttorneyAtWar Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Hmmmm...Arleigh Burke class destroyers have VLS missile systems...Abrams are tanks which are land ships...we need an Abrams capable of launching Javelins via VLS! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VladimirTarasov Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 38 minutes ago, Jammersix said: An amphibious, air-droppable Abrams tank that carries an infantry squad and has an 81mm mortar in the back! Is it still in the design phase? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinophile Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 And and  and AND! - Frickin laser beams on its front glacis! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammersix Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 (edited) Oh, damn, I forgot the Javelins. Okay, here we go, final, final design spec: an amphibious, air-droppable Abrams tank that carries an infantry squad and has an 81mm mortar and a VLS for Javelins. I'm ambivalent about the stretcher bay. I wasn't impressed with the Stryker ambulance. Edited October 12, 2016 by Jammersix 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammersix Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 (edited) Specifics: Amphibious: capable of reaching 25 knots in any seas, capable of being launched from any ship serving in the U.S. Navy from over the horizon. Air droppable: from C-130s. Real grunts do not recognize any other aircraft. Abrams: as in M1A2. Infantry squad: 11 man light infantry version. We might need some kind of small, squad-sized galley. 81mm mortar: with 128 rounds of HE, WP, Cluster and illumination ammo. Javelin VLS: capable of independant launch of up to twenty missiles. I trust this puts this subject to rest. P.S. oh, and improve off road top speed, protection and rate of fire for the main gun. Edited October 12, 2016 by Jammersix Added P.S. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUAN DEAG Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Add a mini-fridge. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammersix Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 (edited) Final, final, final spec: as above, with a small mini fridge running off a separate "house" battery bank. Edited October 12, 2016 by Jammersix 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzersaurkrautwerfer Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Pfft.  VLS isn't for the missiles.  It's for the infantry squad.  ROCKET ASSISTED DISMOUNT DEPLOY! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jotte Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 21 minutes ago, panzersaurkrautwerfer said: Pfft.  VLS isn't for the missiles.  It's for the infantry squad.  ROCKET ASSISTED DISMOUNT DEPLOY! STRIKE FROM THE SKY BROTHER!  0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing 88's Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 (edited) 18 minutes ago, TJT said: STRIKE FROM THE SKY BROTHER!  BATTLETECH... DFA (Death From Above) man. Edited October 12, 2016 by Blazing 88's 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinophile Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Nah that's Warhammer 40K. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammersix Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 So now that we have a house battery bank, I'm thinking some kind of heater for winter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sublime Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 (edited) Why dont we just attach some delta wings to it for sex appeal and upgrade the abrams turbines by like a thousand fold and make it a heavy hovertank. With a heater, mini fridge, and access to netflix so you can " netflix and chill " between firefights with new female infantrywomen... Also a razor blade dispenser. So the wookies can shave their beard ( sry for the usmc term ) Edited October 12, 2016 by Sublime 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 2 hours ago, Jammersix said: So now that we have a house battery bank, I'm thinking some kind of heater for winter. Which could also double up as a microwave/hotplate to warm up the chow coming from the 'fridge. But also, I am already beginning design work on a kind of dirigible to haul this monster around. It would have to be armored (natch) and armed (natch) and fast. Of course it would also have to be lightweight, so I figure constructing it from titanium and composites is the way to go. Composites would also keep it stealthy (gotta be stealthy if you want to sell it to the Pentagon these days). Design is ongoing at this stage. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinophile Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 This is starting to read like an Armata thread. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VladimirTarasov Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 1 hour ago, kinophile said: This is starting to read like an Armata thread. This design is beyond the Armata, I'm quite worried about this new death machine Lol!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinty Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 If this fantastic new super infantry hover death tank with built fridge and microwave ever gets Pentagon approval, it will come in at about a trillion dollars over budget, and take 10 years longer than projected to develop. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinophile Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 But add a minibar and it'll all be worth it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnarly Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Submersible perhaps? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammersix Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Whoa, guys, just whoa. I think some of your specs are starting to get unreasonable... A dirigible that could lift an Abrams would never fit in a C130. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzersaurkrautwerfer Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 13 hours ago, Michael Emrys said: Which could also double up as a microwave/hotplate to warm up the chow coming from the 'fridge. But also, I am already beginning design work on a kind of dirigible to haul this monster around. It would have to be armored (natch) and armed (natch) and fast. Of course it would also have to be lightweight, so I figure constructing it from titanium and composites is the way to go. Composites would also keep it stealthy (gotta be stealthy if you want to sell it to the Pentagon these days). Design is ongoing at this stage. Michael When I showed up to Korea, I was stashed in the BN S3 shop until a Company Command opened up.  At the time, we had a short squad's worth of Captains there, which is well and truly more than anyone actually needs (in reality, it should have been two captains, the assistant operations officer and BN Planner, then the BN Fire Support Officer and Engineer Officer, instead we had six of us random 11/19 series Captains, then the engineering officer plus the FSO). Because of this, we actually had two offices for the maneuver guys, the "primary" one for the long term been in Korea 6+ month guys who were as a rule: a. Not eligible for command (either hadn't gone to school yet, or were far down enough in terms of seniority to make staying in Korea two years to take command unattractive) b. Overworked and underloved c. Pretty much the reason anything happened ever. The secondary one was for weirdos or for people like me who were weirdos, but also had command slots. Within this office there was: 1. Me.  Fresh out of Captain's Career Course, angry to be in Korea, about to be selected for Company Command (but no one bothered to tell me this until months later), trying to dump all the Cav-isms I'd learned and remember how to tank. 2. The engineer, a smart, slightly unhinged man who I am fairly certain was recruited by offering him explosives (we got along smashingly) 3. The Dinosaur The Dinosaur needs more elaboration.  He was in no uncertain terms, a dinosaur.  While only a Captain, he'd served alongside our Brigade Commander as an M1IP tank platoon leader in 3 ID in 1986 on the IGB.  He'd left active duty sometime in the mid 90's, done some civilian stuff while staying in the Guard, then gone off to be a instructor at the Saudi Military academy.  Then when the Army needed literally every and any officer with a pulse in the mid 2000's he showed up and the Army took him back onto active duty, no questions asked. He was in many ways...one of those guys who exists outside of normal Army.  I won't claim to have been a hard charger awesome guy, I'm too lazy for that, and get bored easily.  But I can't remember this guy doing any actual work.  As far as I could tell he'd found this weird eye of the storm inside one of the most insane organizations the Army ever fielded, and he simply rested comfortably in his little chair, emitting ideas. I forget how the conversation started.  It likely occurred as I was avoiding the good idea fairy, or had been banished from the bitter Captain office for still having hope or something.  The Dinosaur mentioned an article he'd published in the Armor branch magazine back in the day.  I only knew the Dinosaur was old at this point, and harbored no special prejudices.  He dug through the google, eventually finding the article, asked me to read it, and to tell me what I thought. Firstly, I recognized it'd been published when I was still harboring dreams of being an F-22 astronaut ninja pilot (circa 1995 or so).  Secondly as time went on I realized something: He was advocating making armor units airmobile via blimps.  Each blimp would carry a platoon or enough supplies to keep a Company in combat for a day.  Swooping in at a blistering 25 MPH, massive helium filled bags would deposit the armored might of America on foreign shores.  And it did have a logic of sorts: A. Blimps could land cargo anywhere, they don't need a runway or even much of a DZ B. In terms of cost per pound lifted, they were pretty inexpensive. C. The enemy would literally likely spend several hours just going "what the hell?" On the downside, it was a blimp, motoring along leisurely, and achieving frankly massive size to support 300+tons of cargo. I looked up from the article.  Not sure what to say.  I don't remember my exact reply, but it must have sounded enthusiastic enough to earn his trust for further voyages into madness.  Ether way, every time I see a blimp, I can't help but hum a little ride of the Valkyries for the Dinosaur, and imagine America's airborne panzer legions.  0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing 88's Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 18 hours ago, kinophile said: Nah that's Warhammer 40K. Sure... I still meant what I said though, as BT is what came to mind for me.  0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool breeze Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Remember the name or anything of this article? That was a great story! My favorite yet. Kinda blimp obsessed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sublime Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 " but sir! Thats hajis smoke den down there! Theyre all manloving it up on account its thursday!" "LANDÂ THE BLIMPS! HAJI DONT SMOKE THE GOOD STUFF" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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