Topic: World's WORST Military Vehicles 4

Gunner13 · March 7th, 2004

To all,

The point of this forum is to discuss bad production vehicles and bad vehicle ideas - training is NOT under discussion here as that's a subject for another forum. I wanted to mainly focus on WWII forward as the vehicles before that were just too primative.

dragon_master_gunner is right when he states that that covers a lot of territory, but bad ideas stand out.

SHERMAN · March 7th, 2004

Gunner, we are just playing around....

Gunner13 · March 10th, 2004

OK, point noted and I don't want to get stuffy, but I do want to home in on the BAD ideas so we can all try and learn something (and have some good discussions

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Redneck · March 10th, 2004

The FLEEP (Flying Jeep) and the Rotabuggy.

http://www.internau.psi.br/willys/curiosidades.htm
(about halfway down)

SHERMAN · March 10th, 2004

Oh, that is one ugly POS!!!

Gunner13 · March 10th, 2004

Ugly does not begin to describe the thing. Other words you could use are stupid, vulnernable and a waste. Thank goodness it was just a prototype and not a production vehicle.

You know, that T25 just above it would have been a sure looser too. Unless you were short enough to hide behinde the armored side door, I can't see how it would have worked.

Redneck · March 10th, 2004

Another huge problem (and the reason it was scrapped) with the T25 (and the GPA) was that the weight of the armor counteracted the famed Jeep speed an manueverability.

SHERMAN · March 10th, 2004

OK. I admit, it wasent all bad, but the f104 was referd to as the "widow's plane" and that says it all.Dozens were lost in accidents around the world.

Animal Mother · March 10th, 2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by sherman105

OK. I admit, it wasent all bad, but the f104 was referd to as the "widow's plane" and that says it all.Dozens were lost in accidents around the world.

That is what you get when you combine a high performance plane with green pilots...

SHERMAN · March 11th, 2004

As i said, its not all bad... But the Jordanians are good pilots and they had trubles too..

March 7th, 2004	Post 31
Gunner13 Centurion Gear	To all, The point of this forum is to discuss bad production vehicles and bad vehicle ideas - training is NOT under discussion here as that's a subject for another forum. I wanted to mainly focus on WWII forward as the vehicles before that were just too primative. dragon_master_gunner is right when he states that that covers a lot of territory, but bad ideas stand out. __________________ "Americans are so hard to fight because they do not know their doctrine, and if they do, they do not feel compelled to follow it" - Unknown, but attributed to a Soviet Officer. Mortui Non Mordent - Pro Libertate Patriae - Celeritas Et Accuratio

March 7th, 2004	Post 32
SHERMAN Milforum Moderator Gear	Post; relax Gunner, we are just playing around.... __________________ In the roar of engines, in the thunder of cannons,in the comradship of blood!

March 10th, 2004	Post 34
Redneck Buttercup	The FLEEP (Flying Jeep) and the Rotabuggy. http://www.internau.psi.br/willys/curiosidades.htm (about halfway down) __________________ No boom, no boom, no boom, Amen.

March 10th, 2004	Post 35
SHERMAN Milforum Moderator Gear	Post; dang Oh, that is one ugly POS!!!

March 10th, 2004	Post 38
SHERMAN Milforum Moderator Gear	Post; F104 OK. I admit, it wasent all bad, but the f104 was referd to as the "widow's plane" and that says it all.Dozens were lost in accidents around the world.

Topic: World's WORST Military Vehicles 4

Post; relax

Post; dang

Post; F104

Post; Re: F104

Post; I dont know

March 10th, 2004	Post 33
Gunner13 Centurion Gear	OK, point noted and I don't want to get stuffy, but I do want to home in on the BAD ideas so we can all try and learn something (and have some good discussions )

March 10th, 2004	Post 36
Gunner13 Centurion Gear	Ugly does not begin to describe the thing. Other words you could use are stupid, vulnernable and a waste. Thank goodness it was just a prototype and not a production vehicle. You know, that T25 just above it would have been a sure looser too. Unless you were short enough to hide behinde the armored side door, I can't see how it would have worked.

March 10th, 2004	Post 37
Redneck Buttercup	Another huge problem (and the reason it was scrapped) with the T25 (and the GPA) was that the weight of the armor counteracted the famed Jeep speed an manueverability.

March 11th, 2004	Post 40
SHERMAN Milforum Moderator Gear	Post; I dont know As i said, its not all bad... But the Jordanians are good pilots and they had trubles too..