Comments on: Vulcan Wheeled Carrier

By: 23r0_NA

23r0_NA — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 08:54:50 +0000

So what exactly is it? A self-propelled AA gun? A recon vehicle? Something completely different?

By: Konstantin Akhmetov

Konstantin Akhmetov — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 17:59:02 +0000

The driver/operator stations are completely open. So… how does that radar affect them when it’s working?

By: Rumblebelly

Rumblebelly — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 09:14:20 +0000

Think he means SerB and his crew :P

This things looks like a toy even without the gun! Toys for boys ^^

By: buzzkill150

buzzkill150 — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 04:51:16 +0000

The 6.2 was the engine in the Humvee, so they had lots of them and parts. Yes, the engine was absolutely terrible.

By: ggram

ggram — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 01:25:51 +0000

Pounds, inches, miles? My brain is gone potato.

By: Toastmaker

Toastmaker — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 00:34:10 +0000

I found something out about the Trailing Arm Drive chassis system.

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/9383/ustadschematicky8.jpg

so the V8 drives a pump drive system that drive a set of hydrostatic pumps that transfers power to two hydrostatic motors that have their own gear boxes.

so I wonder what was the total house power output for the TAD system, for what they said the 135hp for the 6.2L V8 engine, right?

By: ramp4ge

ramp4ge — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:20:55 +0000

I’d like to see a 1.0L Ecoboost drive a 5-ton.. It can barely tug a Ford Focus around at reasonable speeds. A

The entire purpose of an engine like that Detroit Diesel is 6.2L is torque. Making tons of torque at low RPMs for hauling stuff around.

My statement was because that 6.2L diesel didn’t make much horsepower OR torque.

And no, it wasn’t because “it was designed to be reliable”. Most military vehicles actually have much, much less mileage on them than your average civilian vehicle. My 1985 Honda has 350,000 miles (Not kilometers, miles) and still runs great. I see old military vehicles go up for auction all the time with the equivalent of 30-50k miles on them, or less, all the time.

By: Steiner011

Steiner011 — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:28:25 +0000

Take a wild guess how long does it need to run out of fuel too?
dat Detroit 6,2 litres…

By: SpudmanWP

SpudmanWP — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:24:59 +0000

I did.. but my dumbass Brother In-Law ruined every photo I took while overseas. >:|

When I was in the hospital adn home recovering from a motorcycle accident, he put a box of all my photos & negatives outside and they got rained on for months. It made everything congeal into a single mass….

I would have eventually kicked his ass (once I healed), but he was a MMA cage-fighter at the time :)

By: oglop

oglop — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:18:46 +0000

That vehicle looks like from Mad Max movie :D