Military Ground Vehicles of Your Nation [NO MECHS] Tranche 7

by **Purpelia** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 4:14 pm

You know what else is possible? Airship aircraft carriers.

Just gonna leave that out there without comment.

by **Saphirasia** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 4:17 pm

Purpelia wrote:You know what else is possible? Airship aircraft carriers.

Just gonna leave that out there without comment.

Akron and Macon.

I've also noticed that there have been no other airship CVs in service since then.

by **Rich and Corporations** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 4:21 pm

Purpelia wrote:You know what else is possible? Airship aircraft carriers.

Just gonna leave that out there without comment.

Airship aircraft carriers are probably more useful in NS then elsewhere.

Lighter than air has some range benefits.

by **Allanea** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 4:59 pm

Landing/recovery is the key problem.

by **Padnak** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 5:01 pm

Couldn't you create a nuclear powered air ship by venting the reactor heat into a specially designed envelope?

by **Allanea** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 5:02 pm

Yes, but how would the aircraft return to it after carrying out their mission?

by **Macedonian Grand Empire** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 5:04 pm

Allanea wrote:Yes, but how would the aircraft return to it after carrying out their mission?

There was a proposal for a nuclear powered 1000 feet long aircraft in the US. I do not remember was it under MD or Lockheed.

by **Padnak** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 5:04 pm

Allanea wrote:Yes, but how would the aircraft return to it after carrying out their mission?

the giant roof mounted flight deck of course!

by **Macedonian Grand Empire** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 5:08 pm

Padnak wrote:
Allanea wrote:Yes, but how would the aircraft return to it after carrying out their mission?

the giant roof mounted flight deck of course!

One shoot. One missile and it will all come crushing down. If it is not used in RL there is a dam good reason for it.

by **Gallia-** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 5:08 pm

Purpelia wrote:You know what else is possible? Airship aircraft carriers.

Just gonna leave that out there without comment.

If you use them as they were intended, they're adequate for the role.

by **Padnak** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 5:13 pm

Macedonian Grand Empire wrote:
Padnak wrote:the giant roof mounted flight deck of course!

One shoot. One missile and it will all come crushing down. If it is not used in RL there is a dam good reason for it.

Its not like we're flying this thing over the Donbass

A flying aircraft carrier for drones could be of some utility

by **Allanea** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 5:16 pm

Macedonian Grand Empire wrote:
Allanea wrote:Yes, but how would the aircraft return to it after carrying out their mission?

There was a proposal for a nuclear powered 1000 feet long aircraft in the US. I do not remember was it under MD or Lockheed.

Lockheed.

It also had several other missions, such as a refueling tanker, a bomber (carrying ICBMs for ground attack!), and there was even a troop transport version in the feasibility study. Which was VTOL.

by **Saphirasia** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 5:44 pm

Okay, so I only have the gun mantlet and frontal armor modules, but the turret looks pretty good so far.
Nevertheless, it is still heresy.

by **Macedonian Grand Empire** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 5:51 pm

Allanea wrote:
Macedonian Grand Empire wrote:There was a proposal for a nuclear powered 1000 feet long aircraft in the US. I do not remember was it under MD or Lockheed.

Lockheed.

It also had several other missions, such as a refueling tanker, a bomber (carrying ICBMs for ground attack!), and there was even a troop transport version in the feasibility study. Which was VTOL.

needless to say the engineers that worked on it must have went on a party with their soviet friends and went overboard with vodka.
I would not be surprised if some newcomer on NS comes and uses that idea.

by **Vancon** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 5:55 pm

For the Bagger project, I'm thinging of having elevators like these for lifting troops up. Is this a good idea?
(Watch the vid for about a minute to see what I'm talking about. The UNSC Vehicles are on it.)

by **Yukonastan** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 6:10 pm

Allanea wrote:
Macedonian Grand Empire wrote:There was a proposal for a nuclear powered 1000 feet long aircraft in the US. I do not remember was it under MD or Lockheed.

Lockheed.

It also had several other missions, such as a refueling tanker, a bomber (carrying ICBMs for ground attack!), and there was even a troop transport version in the feasibility study. Which was VTOL.

I always assumed they didn't have nationstates back then, am I wrong?

by **Gallia-** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 6:28 pm

Allanea wrote:
Macedonian Grand Empire wrote:There was a proposal for a nuclear powered 1000 feet long aircraft in the US. I do not remember was it under MD or Lockheed.

Lockheed.

It also had several other missions, such as a refueling tanker, a bomber (carrying ICBMs for ground attack!), and there was even a troop transport version in the feasibility study. Which was VTOL.

Lance isn't an ICBM.

by **The Kievan People** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 6:53 pm

Padnak wrote:My anti-Americanism is solely limited to US foreign policy and the chest beating HOORA merica is the best nationalism you tend to get on threads like this. Outside of those two things I love the US and its people, hell I've wanted to move to Oregon state since I visited in 2005.

Some people just hate democracy I guess...

Imperializt Russia wrote:K1 is the Abrams aesthetic done right.

Ewwww.

Beep Beep I'm a tank!

by **Vancon** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 6:54 pm

Vancon wrote:For the Bagger project, I'm thinging of having elevators like these for lifting troops up. Is this a good idea?
(Watch the vid for about a minute to see what I'm talking about. The UNSC Vehicles are on it.)

Re-asking the question

by **Padnak** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 6:55 pm

The Kievan People wrote:
Padnak wrote:My anti-Americanism is solely limited to US foreign policy and the chest beating HOORA merica is the best nationalism you tend to get on threads like this. Outside of those two things I love the US and its people, hell I've wanted to move to Oregon state since I visited in 2005.

Some people just hate democracy I guess...

Calling the US a democracy is giving it a bit to much credit, but hey

#Canada

by **The Kievan People** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 7:07 pm

Padnak wrote:
Calling the US a democracy is giving it a bit to much credit, but hey

#Canada

by **Gallia-** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 7:15 pm

The Kievan People wrote:
Padnak wrote:My anti-Americanism is solely limited to US foreign policy and the chest beating HOORA merica is the best nationalism you tend to get on threads like this. Outside of those two things I love the US and its people, hell I've wanted to move to Oregon state since I visited in 2005.

Some people just hate democracy I guess...

Imperializt Russia wrote:K1 is the Abrams aesthetic done right.

Ewwww.

Beep Beep I'm a tank!

is that a norwegian in the hatch?

where is his igloo and polar bear?

by **Yukonastan** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 7:18 pm

Gallia- wrote:
The Kievan People wrote:
Some people just hate democracy I guess...

Ewwww.

Beep Beep I'm a tank!

is that a norwegian in the hatch?

where is his igloo and polar bear?

Canadian, look at the flag on the commander's shoulder. You can JUST make it out.

by **Vancon** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 7:19 pm

Yukonastan wrote:
Gallia- wrote:
is that a norwegian in the hatch?

where is his igloo and polar bear?

Canadian, look at the flag on the commander's shoulder. You can JUST make it out.

Also, a little easier to see, the camo is Cadpat.

by **Yukonastan** » Sat Aug 02, 2014 7:22 pm

Vancon wrote:
Yukonastan wrote:
Canadian, look at the flag on the commander's shoulder. You can JUST make it out.

Also, a little easier to see, the camo is Cadpat.

Eh, a lot of nations use green camo. And in that picture it's fairly hard to make out that it's cadpat tw.

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