Who knows what this is? Tracked vehicle on flatbed - I-66 East

[SHIVAN]

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee192/SHIVAN308/Stuff/track1.jpg

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee192/SHIVAN308/Stuff/track2.jpg

Cursory search turned up nothing.

[SHIVAN]

Howe & Howe Ripsaw??

http://www.howeandhowetechnologies.com/vehicles.php?prod=ripsaw

[Jaysop]

Looks like the vehicle the army is trying out. It's been on some covers of a few mags I believe. There was show on discovery about it and the inventors a while back. I haven't seen it in a while.

[d90king]

Tagged for details! Almost looks like a movie car to me... Very cool.

[Jaysop]

^"ripsaw" yea that's what I was thinking.

[Buck]

Cursory search turned up nothing.

I also believe that to be a H&H Ripsaw...

http://www.howeandhowetechnologies.com/vehicles.php?prod=ripsaw

S/F

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[Clint]

Ripsaw.

Nice.

[Inkslinger]

Honey...I'm trading in the Jeep...

[MSteele]

It looks exactly like the Ripsaw from the frame to the tracks. Sweet!!!

[kywndg]

Yup, looks like a Ripsaw to me. Pretty sweet!

[calicojack]

i'll taking one in neon yellow.....

[markm]

Is it a hybrid??

[Hitech50]

Wow very cool!


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[RogerinTPA]

I was thinking "Bat mobile upgrade".:p

[EChryst]

That's pretty sweet!

[Spiffums]

I was thinking "Bat mobile upgrade".:p

That's what I thought too :agree:

[Pax]

Soooooo. Cool and all...

What sort of role is this thing supposed to fill? Something like DPV replacement?

[BCmJUnKie]

I have been following that thing for a couple years now. Heres an early video of it in action back when it was a prototype

http://youtu.be/3HyZ-raQseg

[montanadave]

DeLorean Tactical.

With Hybrid Flux Capacitor.

[BCmJUnKie]

Heres the Discovery Channel show.

These guys build tracks and tracked vehicles from SCRATCH!

http://youtu.be/q3mRqBuiQA4


And heres when they tested the tracks by tryin to blow it up with grenades

http://youtu.be/dsI598ji7Q4

[Abraxas]

I have been following that thing for a couple years now. Here's an early video of it in action back when it was a prototype

http://youtu.be/3HyZ-raQseg

Daddy like!!!! I will just add that to the list of shit I want but will NEVER have. Long ****ing list

[Vash1023]

i just noticed that there are two on the same truck.

thats some expensive hardware.

[motoduck]

Whatever it is, it looks bad a$$!

[wahoo95]

Source from General Dynamics who worked on this says it performed well in preliminary testing and trials as a shell but performance expectations once loaded and armored up were unrealistic.

[trinydex]

unmanned 0.0

[Spiffums]

The site said they were going to use it in a movie. This might be en route to the set.

[Spiffums]

i'll taking one in neon yellow.....

Make mine solar yellow....... that way it matches the Jeep. :happy:

[mkmckinley]

$500,000? If they just want an unmanned vehicle to drive up front and soak up pressure plate IEDs a Hilux would be a lot cheaper. Looks like it could hold more too.

[jwfuhrman]

I'm waiting on them to put a main gun and coax MG on it and we'll have a unmanned MBT..... Because then, at lets say even 750K that's still WAY cheaper than an Abrams and we could go all Soviet and have more tanks than troops.....

Have to have some kinda auto loader for the main gun, and maybe just a M134 for 3 or 4k rounds linked.

[eternal24k]

wow, that's cool to see

[MCS]

Looks pretty cool. I guess the ripsaw project is continuing, or being used in a film.

[duece71]

Nice SHTF vehicle. Too bad its $500k.

[skd_tactical]

I'm a little bit of a geek sometimes. It would be neat if we got those for the Army but I think that may be what they are using in the new G.I. Joe: Retaliation movie as Cobra's HISS Tank.

SOS

[alienb1212]

I want one.

[Spiffums]

I'm a little bit of a geek sometimes. It would be neat if we got those for the Army but I think that may be what they are using in the new G.I. Joe: Retaliation movie as Cobra's HISS Tank.

SOS

That would make a GREAT HISS!

[Devildog1988]

COOOOOL!!!!! I have never seen anything like that, but I hope it was made to use by artillery, although I doubt it.

[MrCleanOK]

Not sure how this fits into the whole "where are they going / movie" mystery, but the quadcon on that trailer is definitely Army property.

[telecustom]

That would make a GREAT HISS!

In fact, I saw one in the trailer for the new G.I. Joe movie.

[alienb1212]

COOOOOL!!!!! I have never seen anything like that, but I hope it was made to use by artillery, although I doubt it.


Batman's new color is Desert Tan.

[Endur]

Almost looks like a tiny 88 from the rear.. kind of

[L84Cabp]

want!

[SOWT]

want!

X2

Wonder how many people didn't notice the load as he drove by?

Nice photo's.

[rainman]

Firstly, very cool pic...thanks OP.

Secondly, while the M1A2 is without peer as a main battle tank (MBT), it is probably the last of it's kind. I'm sure it will exist for awhile, and we'll see modifications and enhancements, but the H&H Ripsaw could be the future.

Consider that some of the new technology armor...
http://www.gizmag.com/high-tech-fabric-military-armour-plating/12460/

combined with stealth technology...
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-09-camouflage-technology-bae-war-machines.html
http://science.howstuffworks.com/invisible-tank.htm
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/4216202

...should result in a smaller/lighter harder to see/hit vehicles.

It will be interesting to watch.


-Rainman

[Battle*Hound]

After visiting the website, I really WANT to start crafting anything out in the garage...very cool shit and if I had the flow...well then I would prob just build my own

[digdug18]

I never liked their track design myself, they never looked at anything else anyone had done. Their track design is waay too complicated for what it is.

[chasetopher]

Source from General Dynamics who worked on this says it performed well in preliminary testing and trials as a shell but performance expectations once loaded and armored up were unrealistic.

This makes alot of sense.

About 5(+/-) years ago they brought a prototype to the local snowmobile show/grassdrags here in NH in a much more lightweight/streamlined form with not much more than a big V-8 and drivers seat with what looks like from the picture about the same chassis size and geometry. The thing was crazy, and had some serious speed. But that was in a very different form, and I can't imagine it retaining nearly the maneuverability or speed that the project had initially, and it would appear from the updated YouTube videos it is MUCH slower and more cumbersome(to be expected with that much added weight).
Although it is hard to argue with the cool factor of glorified garage tinkerers having a shot at a .gov contract...

[Endur]

Whatever happened to the ford jltv?
http://www.generaltacticalvehicles.com/JLTV10-09.jpg

[SMETNA]

Whatever happened to the ford jltv?
http://www.generaltacticalvehicles.com/JLTV10-09.jpg

Ford backed out. I like the General Dynamics/AM General proto the best personally. (assuming the whole program doesn't get flattened by the budget hammer)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/JLTV_Competitors_update.jpg

[Endur]

Ford backed out. I like the General Dynamics/AM General proto the best personally. (assuming the whole program doesn't get flattened by the budget hammer)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/JLTV_Competitors_update.jpg

I like that one best out of the 3 but I liked the ford one best but when I search I can't find pics of the one I saw. Just pics of the different variants like your pic. The one in mine looks like the general dynamics one.

[AmmoUp]

Fun vehicle

[SMETNA]

Ford should introduce an all-new Bronco to compete with the Jeep JK.

The Israelis and Egyptians produce the JK under license for military use. (Jeep J8)

Ford could get a piece of that

[shua713]

wow thats bad ass

[IYAAYASwarrior]

that thing is awesome!