Bad A$$ Offroader...

[Mr_Rich]

I thought I'd share this. This was what I drove in a past life. It was the ultimate off-road vehicle. These were good times. There were many hard days, but good times.

http://www.eaglehorse.org/4_ftx_gunnery/equipment/m551_sheridan/img_7/sheridan01.jpg

 

[alrock]

Looks like it drove like a tank!

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[3Hummers]

Loud but fun

 

[HUMMER INVESTMENTS]

:agree: Would love to have one to take to moab:wink:

 

[Mr_Rich]

It was very maneuverable, actually. In first gear, they had pivot steer. It could spin like a 20 ton top. It was powered by a Detroit Diesel turbocharged V6. It sounded like a typical diesel at idle until it got on the turbo and then it wailed in a high pitch scream. That's how we drove them, too. Fun times for a nineteen year old...

 

[Mr_Rich]

I never drove one of these, but have ridden in one many times. On a cold day the engine heat kept the box area warm.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:M561_Gama_Goat.JPEG

 

[Fenris]

Here's me and the vehicle I served with. Leopard ARV, lowering the blade and getting ready for extraction of someone who got a little overconfident.

 

[Scarsman]

Not the exact machine, but same make/model as my baby back in the day. Let me tell you, these things are about the baddest a$$ thing on wheels there is off road!

 

[cgalpha08]

If you took that tank to the MOAB, there would be no MOAB left! haha :giggle:

 

[Scarsman]

In reality though, tracks don't do well on rock at all. In fact they can be downright scary on rock. At least that is my experience with dozers on steep rock.

 

[Mr_Rich]

I'm not familiar with the Leopard ARV. It looks kind of like a version of a VTR. Still looks like another bad a$$ machine.

 

[Fenris]

I'm not familiar with the Leopard ARV. It looks kind of like a version of a VTR. Still looks like another bad a$$ machine.

Yeah, it's the same really. ARV=Armored Recovery Vehicle. 43 tonnes combat ready, 37.4 twin supercharged V10, and a winch that can tackle a single line pull of 35 tonnes, and twice of that again with a snatch block. Over one year, we pulled out well over 1000 tonnes of stuck tanks with it.