The US Army's unmanned caterpillar vehicle "RipSaw-MS 1" capable of breaking any bad road at a tremendous speed

"A soldier who does not know fatigue" seems to be a common dream to the military, in order to realize this, reinforcing the body by administering drugs, developing a mechanically strengthened exoskeleton, etc. Methods have been studied.

In recent years, development of unmanned weapons has progressed in the US military, and this ideal is being realized in a different form, but this "RipSaw-MS 1" is also one such weapon. It has a light car body equipped with a powerful engine and caterpillar and can tolerate bad roads at a tremendous speed.

Details are below.
Ripsaw MS 1

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Howe & Howe's RipSaw-MS 1 is equipped with a 650 horsepower V8 diesel engine in the steel pipe frame chassis. As a vehicle of this type of 4.5 tons, it is possible to run even on a considerable bad road by relatively light car weight and caterpillar.

One of the features is that the maximum speed is about 80 km / h and the caterpillar vehicle is quite fast. As an escort to the transportation truck's convoy, if attacked, it is expected to rapidly deploy to the side of the road and to help with detachment of ally.

Because unmanned vehicles can enter even in places where it is too dangerous in a vehicle with human beings, it is important to take into consideration such as reconnaissance on the front line, towing a broken vehicle, to suppress security and riots in urban areas where it is not known where to get attack Applications are also considered.

Climbing a slippery slope covered with vegetation RipSaw-MS 1.


Also, since each part is modularized, maintainability is very high, and it is easy to carry out "cannibal improvement" by connecting parts that can be used from two or more RipSaws if necessary.

RipSaw-MS 1 and remote control unit mountedM 113Armored car.


The image on the front is seen on the lower three sides, the image on the side and the back is reflected on the upper three. When developing the control unit, care was taken not to cause malfunction by interference with the operating system of the machine gun.


This is manned type RipSaw-MS 2.


YouTube - Ripsaw MS1 new badass footage

If you are obstacles up to about 1.5 m in height, you can clear it with a margin.


There is no problem with such inclination at all.


There is power enough to jump if you accelerate it steadily on a slope.


With the option of sticking the tow hook to other vehicles. Even for bombs laid on vehicles, such unmanned vehicles can contact people without being concerned about human injury and can pull to a safe place.


Even vehicles stacked in mud or sand can be towed without difficulty. It seems that towing of the track which became immovable due to the attack is assumed.


The other day,The surveillance video which the US military unmanned aircraft was sending to the ground was intercepted by the hostile forcesThat was a problem. In the movie, you can see the technique of hacking and taking over the enemy 's weapons ...... However, it may not be so long that such a case becomes commonplace even in the real battlefield.