"The Boeing Phantom Badger combat support vehicle " Topic
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| Tango01 | 08 Apr 2014 10:08 p.m. PST |
"After a series of successful tests, the U.S. Navy last month certified that the Boeing Phantom Badger combat support vehicle can be transported inside a V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. That is another step toward providing warfighters with more options to deploy the versatile vehicle. Phantom Badger is part of the Bell Boeing V-22 display at the Navy League's Sea-Air-Space Exposition currently held in National Harbor, Md. The tests included form-fit checks, pressure tests and structural evaluations exceeding four G-forces. "This certification validates Phantom Badger's versatile design while offering the warfighter increased battlefield access and deployment options," said John Chicoli, program manager for Boeing's internally transportable vehicle program. "Phantom Badger is designed to easily fit in the compact space of the V-22 and it is also compatible with many larger aircraft."
Full article here
link Nice jeep! (smile). Amicalement
Armand |
jurgenation  | 09 Apr 2014 3:39 a.m. PST |
Finally something smaller that is more practical for third world deployments. |
| Lion in the Stars | 09 Apr 2014 9:12 a.m. PST |
It's entire design requirement was that it had to fit inside the Osprey and be driven out the back. Marines are using them as pack mules, dragging TOWs and 120mm Mortars. |
 javelin98 | 09 Apr 2014 1:44 p.m. PST |
"Phantom Badger"? Are we really running out of names already? "And over there, behind the M213 'Ghost Moose', you can see the new M499 'Constipated Sloth'"… |
| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 09 Apr 2014 2:36 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 10 Apr 2014 10:30 a.m. PST |
I would like to have a jeep like this one!. (smile). Amicalement
Armand |
| Lion in the Stars | 10 Apr 2014 11:31 a.m. PST |
So would I, Armand. Assuming that it's road-legal in the US, anyway. |
| Artraccoon | 10 Apr 2014 2:39 p.m. PST |
Wouldn't have a jeep been ok? Besides, how much does this thing co$t? Perhaps as much as an MBT in the 1970s? |
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