Photos Blast From The Past

[Fluff]

Experimental mig-21PD VTOL 1966

Flight endurance measured in minutes, I would imagine.

 

[BravoZulu]

OH-58 Kiowa experiment with the M197 20mm cannon.

 

[NebrHogger]

How about iron bombs on a Huey.

 

[BravoZulu]

Boeing Model 818 for the USAF/NAVY FTX fighter program in the 1960s. Although the selection board selected the Boeing model, in November 1962, McNamara selected General Dynamics , the F-111.

 

[morris]

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

 

[santana]

Boeing Model 818 for the USAF/NAVY FTX fighter program in the 1960s. Although the selection board selected the Boeing model, in November 1962, McNamara selected General Dynamics , the F-111.

The F-111 was an outstanding Aircraft

 

[BravoZulu]

The F-111 was an outstanding Aircraft

The Boeing was apparently even better but was passed over by the SecDef

 

[santana]

The Boeing was apparently even better but was passed over by the SecDef

The F-111 saw combat missiones in Vietnam any way it was a shame not to see the Boeing in service

 

[TheKiwi]

The F-111 was an outstanding Aircraft

Not as a naval aircraft, hence the development of the F14.

 

[muck]

How about iron bombs on a Huey.

View attachment 213890

A method of deployment that's seen wide-spread use as of late. Actually, didn't the Soviets design their Mil Mi-8's to carry bombs anyway?

 

[NebrHogger]

I'm not sure about Mi8s, but I've seen numerous pics of Mi-24s with iron bombs on the hard points. I believe the one shown is from Lebanon.

 

[BravoZulu]

Boeing CX-LHS design

 

[BravoZulu]

WW1 one-man tank, used to move wire-cutters close to enemy lines

 

[morris]

WW1. To make the trench less secure for the enemy is an object which each of the belligerents is striving to accomplish. A step in this direction is found in the work of a British inventor who has developed a wheeled body shield that affords immunity from rifle bullets and shrapnel when advancing upon fortified positions.

 

[droopy]

I'm not an engineer, but using that much steel to make those things vs making a tank ? Also getting stuck in mud and traversing shell craters would be a huge problem. But i like the idea

 

[Fluff]

I'm not an engineer, but using that much steel to make those things vs making a tank ? Also getting stuck in mud and traversing shell craters would be a huge problem. But i like the idea

I think they would draw fire like anything, and the shrapnel/splinters would tear your legs apart.

Thankfully UK came up with the tank, and the rest is history.....

 

[morris]

On July 17, a Davy Crockett was fired from a stationary 155 millimeter launcher (in tandem with simulated battlefield manuevers under Operation IVY FLATS) and detonated about 20 feet above the ground at a distance of 9,357 feet (1.7 miles) from the launch point (yield was 18 tons). This test, the last atmospheric detonation at the Nevada Test Site, was observed by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and presidential adviser General Maxwell D. Taylor.

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

 

[Chazman]

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

Wow, I loved that show! Nice to see it in color, as all my memories of are in black and white. Here's another one.

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

 

[Chazman]

Here's another.

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

 

[BravoZulu]

Proposed high-performance reconnaissance version with HIAC-1 LOROP camera for Israel developed under the Peace Jack program in conjunction with General Dynamics. Water injection was projected to give the aircraft a top speed in excess of Mach 3 (over 2,000 mph (3,200 km/h) at high altitudes). The water would be contained in a pair of 2,500 US gal (9,600 l) conformal tanks on the sides of the fuselage spine. The US State Department became worried about developing an aircraft with performance similar to the SR-71 Blackbird and offensive capability beyond anything in domestic inventory for a foreign customer and forbade its export. The proposal was then modified to the RF-4X standard with the camera in the nose and removal of weapon carriage. However, the US Air Force withdrew from the project over concerns that a high-performance Phantom would jeopardize funding for the anticipated McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle. Without United States financial support, Israel settled for the simpler, less expensive F-4E(S), which was given the nickname 'Shablool', or 'Snail'.