View Full Version : New robot destined for US forces
tonker
14th Oct 2008, 16:07
A very impessive if not frightening new gadget for lugging stuff around the battlefield.
LiveLeak.com - Afghanistan : Hi Tech Assistance For US Troops. (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ee4_1223933497)
Runaway Gun
14th Oct 2008, 16:36
It could carry my assortment of Blues and other bits of kit, to the squadron !!
Maybe I'll need two....
Remarkable, although I do wonder how much someone must have paid to build a donkey?
dead_pan
14th Oct 2008, 18:52
Impressive beastie - looks like something out of Star Wars. Would question its endurance though. I wouldn't expect it could last for more than a few miles assuming its powered by a battery/fuel-cell.
How long before someone straps a chain gun to it? Now that would be worth seeing. It would have to adopt a brace position akin to a sheep being approached from behind by lovestruck Welsh farmer.
XV277
14th Oct 2008, 19:58
Unlike a donkey, you could strap explosives to it without upsetting the animal rights mob.
pba_target
14th Oct 2008, 20:30
please tell me thats a spoof!!
Yamagata ken
14th Oct 2008, 22:31
No spoof.
Many years ago I was high in the Pyrenees when a patrol came through with a GPMG and kit loaded on a mule. Mateys couldn't stop sniggering about the "advanced" Spanish Army until I suggested they carry it themselves.