foro4x4:

Another MonoCycle very interesting

carpr0n:

The original autobot

Starring: ‘59 Cadillac Cyclone Concept Car

(by coconv)

Machine Gun Packing John Deere’s

In 1940 John Deere’s great grandson, C.D. Wiman, proposed to the U.S. Army that armored John Deere tractors be used as machine gun carriers – or at a minimum, as armored prime movers. Toward this end, a prototype was constructed based on the John Deere Model A, and shipped to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, where testing began in January 1941. 

The Armored Indian

The Springfield Police Department once owned a small fleet of armored motorcycles. I suspect these were made during Prohibition when whiskey running was taken seriously. Both the motorcycle and sidecar were fitted with protective shields made of “crucible” steel and bulletproof glass. The shields had gun ports and folded down when not being used.

(via Touringroads — Ken Aiken: February 2010)

Street Sweeper, Anaheim

Elgin Steet Sweeper, Anaheim’s first power sweeper; image shows Elgin Motor Sweeper, manufactured by the Elgin Street Sweeper Company in 1914 in front of brick building housing Anaheim City Hall and Fire Station, located at 204 East Center Street (later Lincoln Ave.), with No. 1 fire truck visible inside; World War I Navy recruiting poster in background on fire station wall reads “THE NAVY / NEEDS YOU! / DON’T READ [AMERICAN HISTORY] / MAKE I[T]!”; white sheet posting “DRAFT NUMBERS” visible on wall to the left of the Navy recruitment poster.

(via Street Sweeper, Anaheim [graphic])

concept ships: Concept ship render by Gavin Rothery

Concept cars and trucks: Concept vehicles by Andrew Ley

sciensfantazia:

“Dalje nećeš / No Further”

steampunkvehicles:

ШУШПАНЦЕРЫ АТАКУЮТ!:

There are allegations of creating an underground nuclear submarine “Battle mole” in the USSR in 1962-1964, respectively. She worked on the principle of machines [that dug] the subway tunnels. Energy on-board the boat provided [by] a nuclear reactor. Had a titanium body with a pointed bow and stern with a diameter of 3.8 meters and a length of 35 meters. Crew - 16 people. The speed of movement under the ground - up to 15 km / h. Combat mission - destroy underground command centers and missile silos of the enemy.
Underground nuclear submarine “Battle mole” allegedly made on a specially constructed plant in Hromovka (Ukraine) and tested in the Urals, in the Rostov Region, in the suburban Nakhabino. Under the ground covered a total of more than 30 kilometers. The tests were terminated with respect to the explosion of one of the vehicles. After the change of leadership of the USSR in 1964 the project was canceled.

“power provided by on-board nuclear reactor”… “explosion of one of the vehicles”…  whoopsy doodle!  Bet the seismologists felt that one.

(Source: spencerblythhardgoods)

The amazing homing ability of the homing pigeon found use in World War I, when the British Army drafted a London bus as a pigeon loft. Pigeons carried messages from the front to the loft in the rear.

(via Bird migration: Key explanation skewered! | The Why Files)