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US Marines Demonstrate Ultra Heavy-Lift Amphibious Connector Prototype

Posted by samzenpus on from the getting-there-no-matter-what dept.

Zothecula writes In a recent demonstration carried out during RIMPAC 2014, the US Marines displayed and tested a fully-functional, half-scale prototype of its new amphibious transport vehicle. The proposed full-size version of the Ultra Heavy-Lift Amphibious Connecter (UHAC) is designed to power across the water with a payload of nearly 200 tons at up to 20 knots and be capable of driving up on to the shore and over the top of obstructions up to 10ft high.

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  1. Re:Haven't we seen something like this before by serviscope_minor · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The tracks on this one look rather different: it seems that it's massive air-filled chunks in the tracks that provide bouyancy, not the hull. This seems to be designed to cross muddy bogs as well, something I doubt that much older vehicle could do.

    Certainly anphibious assult vehicles are not a new concept, but this one does look really cool.

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  2. Re:20 knots isn't that fast by mosb1000 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This has three times the capacity of the LCAC but takes up the same amount of space in an Amphibious Assault Carrier. So even though it is half the speed, it will be able to transfer equipment to shore at a 50% greater rate than LCAC.

  3. Re:20 knots isn't that fast by itzly · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's mainly designed to carry huge budgets.