And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Once they got that straightened-out a .30 cal on a pivot-mount with protection for the radiator and the two 'combatants' would've brightened-up those generals eyes!
That's a 1920s pre-Jeep, not a combat vehicle. The armored vehicle is that large dark olive Mk V-ish looking monster behind the assembled brassholes, most still enamored of horse-mounted cavalry.
I'm thinking that the wood wheel spokes would not be happy with the side load that system would generate while skid turning. Even brake turning might be too much for them.
Thanks to the DoD's streamlined acquisition system, the new M1 Light Tracked Reconnaissance Vehicle will soon join the Bradley Fighting Vehicle (background) in service with forward deployed Brigade Combat Teams.
A steering wheel doesn't seem like the right aproach. I wonder how that was rigged up.
ReplyDeleteOnce they got that straightened-out a .30 cal on a pivot-mount with protection for the radiator and the two 'combatants' would've brightened-up those generals eyes!
ReplyDeleteThat's a 1920s pre-Jeep, not a combat vehicle.
DeleteThe armored vehicle is that large dark olive Mk V-ish looking monster behind the assembled brassholes, most still enamored of horse-mounted cavalry.
What happens when you get a flat tire?
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking that the wood wheel spokes would not be happy with the side load that system would generate while skid turning. Even brake turning might be too much for them.
ReplyDeleteVery cool photo. Any idea where it was taken? An old vs new with the bridge would be interesting.
ReplyDeleteLooks like the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Washington DC on the Virginia side looking at what is now Rossilyn VA.
ReplyDeleteThanks to the DoD's streamlined acquisition system, the new M1 Light Tracked Reconnaissance Vehicle will soon join the Bradley Fighting Vehicle (background) in service with forward deployed Brigade Combat Teams.
ReplyDeleteMarvin Heemeyer Sr. presents his new idea for an Urban Assault Vehicle to General Pershing.
ReplyDeleteBut the idea didn't really take off until his grandson added the dozer blade and demonstrated the proof of concept to the neighbors in Granby, CO.