"Flying Jeep"

[PaulSutton]

This photo was taken in 1941 at New River, North Carolina during testing of the Bantam BRC-40 jeep, the forerunner of the Willys MB and Ford GPW jeeps that became the World War II standard. This photo of the Bantam has all four wheels off the ground (six if you count the towed 37mm Antitank gun), the inspiration for the "Flying Jeep" poster and similar depictions.

http://i527.photobucket.com/albums/cc352/PaulSutton101/jeep_flying_37mm_sm.jpg

[Zengotten]

How did they get it of the ground?

[DavidUpton]

How did they get it of the ground?

With magic...

...Or by driving very fast.

[css2d]

How did they get it of the ground?

you can do that with any vehicle, provided it goes fast enough and the bump is high enough:

http://bando07.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/flying_tank1.jpg

[Marcel_D]

Hah those guys are insane. Open top, towing an artillery weapon....

[PaulSutton]

Ok now thats insane lol :rolleyes5:

you can do that with any vehicle, provided it goes fast enough and the bump is high enough:

http://bando07.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/flying_tank1.jpg

[PaulSutton]

I wonder how many of those men testing the jeeps were injured it looks pretty rough going.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rug4jaPczls&feature=related
And this one is crazy the test dummy lost an arm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N309xX663cY&NR=1&feature=fvwp

[css2d]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj75U7TkBBY&feature=related and in action

[metsapeikko]

T-90 does have quite good power to weight ratio as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDE1SxGmqtQ

But now that we have flying jeeps, how about flying tanks as well?

Sprut-SD, "airborne"-tank.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-CNASN-G1U

[Fozzy The Bear]

Hah those guys are insane. Open top, towing an artillery weapon....

That isn't an "artillery" weapon. It's an anti-tank 37mm they are towing.