Monday, October 20, 2014

S. Korean K-21 Infantry Fighting Vehicle flotation devices vs. Bell's High Speed AAV Concept.





This is probably a repeat but I am fascinated by the solution Korean industry came up with to make the K-21 float.  I seem to remember a similar solution was arrived at early on for the Bradley IFV but was discarded for being somewhat unwieldy.  But I think the real reason why I keep circling back to this is because during the late 70's-early 80's, Bell came up with an LCAC "like" proposal to make the AAV high speed.  Pics follow.  Oh and a sidenote.  They named it "Landing Vehicle Air Cushion".