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Like BigDog? Not quite horse capacity, but still rideable in terms of load, although I don't know if it would screw up the balance
by zokier 6y ago
Like BigDog? Not quite horse capacity, but still rideable in terms of load, although I don't know if it would screw up the balance
- Animats 6y agoThey had a horse sized payload with the Legged Squad Support system.[1] It worked, but the Marines tried it and it wasn't useful enough. They ended up going with a small ATV for supplies. (Too noisy, too. A subcontractor was supposed to produce a small, quiet Diesel to power a generator and hydraulic pump, but that never happened. Probably because a small, quiet Diesel is hard. The US military runs on one fuel, JP-8, which works in both aircraft and Diesel engines, so to deploy this, it had to run on JP-8) [1] https://youtu.be/LIaXEMOhihw https://youtu.be/LIaXEMOhihw