The Vehicle with Wheels that Don’t Turn

#NotWhatYouThink #NWYT #shorts

Music:
Leave It to the Professionals - Arthur Benson

Footage:
Ryan Mitchell
CakeCreepersify
mctnkr88
Amphibious Tractor Association & Memorial
US Department of Defense

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[rororumba]

A tank using wheels as tracks is not something I’d thought I’d see.
Definitely not what you think.

[zadaniel]

Marines are the standart US military transport capacity unit.

[TheMilitantHorse]

"6000 pounds or 14 marines..."

Damn, those are some heavy marines

[nicmainville]

I cannot imagine that drive chain having much longevity.

[Fruitcupper]

*Imagine tyres AND tracks!*
Write that down, write that down.

[kaigrundy]

I hope there’s a blueprint or something to build this, cause this would make a KILLER Vehicle in Louisiana & Florida

[deusexaethera]

It sounds like the vegetation clogging problem could've been fixed. I think that was an excuse to cancel it for other reasons.

[Bloobz]

"Why it failed is not what you think"

Nope, it failed exactly because of what I was thinking.

[PlayerSlotAvailable]

If only it had a cannon so we would get it in War thunder...

[deanjenkins]

Well, they turn, but not in the way you think...

[SamboMamboTV]

2 700kg divided by 14 = 192 kg… damn Marines are build different 😂

[indoorkite]

Believe it or not this concept derived directly from a marine who drew this with his crayon ration rather than eating it.

[catsupchutney]

Such technological optimism in the 1950s and early 1960s.

[stormthrush]

It would've been interesting to see if the drive wheels getting clogged issue would have gotten worked out eventually via some sort of mudflaps type thing or something to keep the rocks and everything out of where it was causing a problem, similar to how a lot of other designs have teething issues in the early stages but get fixed as the design matures. Just like how jet engines have become more durable, quieter, more fuel efficient, etc. compared to where they were during WWII. It's a relatively common theme with military tech, that later iterations of the same design fix initial issues. The M3 Grease Gun is one such example where in the M3A2 version they managed to reduce complexity and thus expense while simultaneously increasing durability by removing the charging handle which could break off too easily, in favor of a much simpler solution - simply milling a hole in the bolt carrier where you put your fingers to charge the gun. Or how there was a carburetor issue with the Spitfire, but with a relatively simple little device they were able to fiz the problem for later models.

[MJM]

“Six thousand pounds of cargo *_or_* 14 Marines.” Uh, we might wanna revisit the enlistment weight limit… 😂
/sarc

[neurofiedyamato]

Just get rid of the sponson and do what the matilda did with chutes to get debris out? Sounds like the weakest reason to abandon a promising system

EDIT: For anyone wondering what my full solution would be since "getting rid of the sponson" likely led to confusion. See my comment below.

[juusoleinonen]

Didnt know American marines weigh 200kg

[warriorson]

Actually...how this machine worked, and why it failed, was EXACTLY what I thought.

[zezoo]

It was built to travel through what eventually stopped it

[ShawnStafford-]

That's a cool and awesome looking design idea. They made a few of these. Sounds like debris would be a easy fix.