Can tanks fly?

[PhillySane]

Just curious.

[Shagbark Hickory]

1. For the right price, anything can fly.

[pokerfan]

29. If you define flying loosely enough

:banghead:

[Statistical]

2. Sure if they book a ticket in one of these ....

C-5 Galaxy Heavy Lift Transport.

[Motown_Johnny]

4. and for shorter trips....

[pokerfan]

17. I object to this this picture!

Technically speaking helicopters don't exactly fly. They just beat the air into submission. :o There's also helicopter ground effect: they're so damned ugly, the ground actually repels them!

[Motown_Johnny]

24. I guess we define "fly" differently

Can't we just agree to disagree?

[NYC_SKP]

3. No, but one day Hummers will...

Because DARPA wants them to. See "Transformer Project".

http://www.motherboard.tv/2010/10/6/flying-hummers-srsly

:patriot:

[The Magistrate]

7. Old Hat, Sir

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_A-40

[Statistical]

11. Those crazy Soviets.

They may not have won the cold war but it wasn't from a lack of trying.

Nice link.

[The Magistrate]

12. The Redoubtable Mr. Christie, Sir, Put Them On The Path....

http://www.roadabletimes.com/roadables-modular_Christie.html

[atreides1]

5. Yes

With the right amount of thrust they fly just fine...like pigs!:rofl:

[Phoonzang]

6. Yeah, it's called an A-10 Warthog. nt

[quinnox]

9. Yep

Just what I was thinking. That thing is a freakin' tank with wings.

[Motown_Johnny]

14. that is a tank killer, and tanks tend to have a large caliber main gun

[pokerfan]

21. I think the A10's main gun is fairly impressive

and with over 1,200 pounds of armor I can see calling it a flying tank. It's predecessor, the P-47 was my favorite WWII fighter.

[Motown_Johnny]

26. the Thuds? I'm more of a P-38 Lightning fan

Thunderbolt.. Lightning...


tomato, toma'to


and yes the 30mm is one hell of a gun but tanks are more like mobile artillery. For example, the Abrams has a 120mm main gun.

[charlie and algernon]

27. but can't you argue that the A-10 is our FLYING artillery?

If you can't get the tanks or howitzers forward enough to be of useful supprt, call in the A-10 to wipe out the enemy column. Tanks and A-10s essentially DO the same thing, kill enemy tanks and vehicles.

[charlie and algernon]

22. I'd say the A-10 has a large gun and shells

[Octafish]

23. Depleted Uranium

DU.

[Motown_Johnny]

25. 30mm v 120mm (abrams)

http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/a10gatlinggunss_1.htm

^snip^

The AN/GAU-8a 30mm Avenger seven-barrel gatling gun, mounted only on the A-10 attack jet, is a 30mm, 7 barrel gatling gun used primarily in the air to ground role as a soft target killer and tank buster.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_Abrams

^snip^

In 1990 all M1 tanks were fitted with 120 mm M256 smooth bore guns thus upgraded to M1A1 standards.

[SteveG]

8. Yes, they go up in the air

when you hit them with a tomahawk missile, or at least pieces of them do.

[Jamastiene]

10. Apparently, Yes They Can. n/t

[Selatius]

13. That's nothing. You haven't crapped your pants unless you see this coming over the hill.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjkkZ1Yd_3U

Also, here's a flying Russian tank. If Mother Russia wills it, tank will fly!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akNmqkEPoV0&feature=related

[Phoonzang]

15. Lol...I love Arma 2.

Though playing with the editor is more fun that playing the actual game.

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. The Russians tried that during WW II

And they gave up.

Enough power and pretty much anything can fly.

[dkofos]

18. Not yet, but DARPA is working on it.

[jp11]

19. Not yet but rest assured billions will be spent working that problem.

[Ikonoklast]

20. Yes. In a way.

I've always heard that General Electric proved that with enough thrust, even bricks can be made to fly.

[Hugabear]

28. According to the movie "A-Team", they can fly

At least according to a trailer I saw for the movie...