If carrying helicopters inside helicopters is a niche capability, carrying engineering plant inside them is a niche within a niche. It is difficult to think of an abundance of military…
Trailers are an uncomplicated way to provide additional payloads for any of the vehicles in the previous sections, crewed or uncrewed, wheeled or tracked. This post will look at conventional…
The number of uncrewed ground vehicles (UGV) that can fit inside a helicopter is significant. Most are small, designed for EOD and other specialist roles, but in the last several…
Although not all of them are skid steer, this general type of vehicle design is derived from a need for improved mobility over traditional 4×4 designs, but without the maintenance…
Not many commonly available tracked vehicles fit within the dimensional constraints for internal carriage, but a handful do exist. In general terms, tracks provide greater traction and lower ground pressure…
The earlier posts examined motorcycles, ATVs, and side-by-side UTVs, all characterised by a maximum width of approximately 1.6m. This is a key dimensional break point as it allows easier loading…
Most Utility Task Vehicle (UTV) designs tend to follow a familiar engine front format, with each manufacturer adjusting the proportion of seating and load carriage space to suit user and…
ATVs, motorcycles and e-bikes are ideal internally carried vehicles. E-Bikes and Motorcycles E-Bikes Folding bicycles such as the well-known Brompton or the less well-known Montague Paratrooper would allow a landed force to move 40-60 km…