Re: [Epic] IG and Planetary Assault Landings

From: Los <los_at_...>
Date: Thu, 01 Jan 1998 21:50:03 -0500

Actually a page from Soviet..uhh Russain airborne assaults.. The Russians
routinely airdrop tanks, mostly BMDs and ASU85s etc. While they do use
parachutes, they also have a sensor that hangs below teh rigged vehicle. When
it touches the ground, it sets off a braking rocket that's attached to the
parachute that provides some last second braking. Works pretty good. lot more
successful than US parachute and LAPES experiments (LAPES =LOW Altitude
Parachute Extraction System) I've personaly seen M551 Sheridans go tumbling
head over heels twice, and a full out fatal C130 crash trying to bring tanks
in that way.

Thane Morgan wrote:

> Los wrote:
> >
> > jnug1453_at_... wrote:
> >
> > > just before landing. (For orks I pictured large pillows on the bottem
> > > of vehicals. :)
> >
> > Don't laugh. This what actually done during the Son Tay raid in Vietnam,
> > when they had to crashland an SH53 inside a compund that was too small
> > to land in. They lined helo's floorwith matresses and had everyone lay
> > down spread-eagled on the ground. It resulted in theonly csualty of the
> > whole raid (on our side)..a busted ankle.
> >
> > Los
>
> And the mars lander's braking system wasn't much more sophisticated.
> Maybe a parachute with some airbags could work. You first!
>
> Thane
Received on Fri Jan 02 1998 - 02:50:03 UTC