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The Most Powerful Wheeled Vehicle in the World

Posted March 08, 2010 10:49 AM by dstrohl
Pathfinder Tags: March Military Campgain military vehicles skid steering TV1000 Rhino

Developed during the 1950s by the Fighting Vehicle Research and Development Establishment (FVRDE) and the Military Engineering Experimental Establishment (MEXE), Britain's TV1000 was never designed to see combat. Instead, FVRDE and MEXE built it to test concepts of skid-steering as applied to a wheeled, rather than tracked, vehicle.

The TV1000's 535-hp Rover Meteorite V-8 engine led to the Rhino's nickname of "the most powerful wheeled vehicle in the world." Even though it was purely an experimental vehicle, we see mention of it being tested at Tyneham and Lulworth – the latter trials pitting it against the Contentious tank destroyer.

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03/08/2010 10:54 PM

A thing of beauty! are there street legal versions? (hummer crusher!)
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03/09/2010 12:33 AM

And now these days you can buy a 600hp motorhome.

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03/09/2010 3:36 AM

Its on display in Bovington Tank Museum and it looks amazing! So much better than the picture!
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03/09/2010 3:45 AM

There now are many vehicles that would surpass this and even could carry several of them in the bed of the truck. Just a few names that come to mind are Electro Hauls Unit Rig or the Experimental Pacifics that were designed to haul uranium ore for 35 miles in Wyoming. WABCO has built many and I have not been around it for almost 20 years so I know there has to be many more than that now. We even have front end loaders that could pick up 2 of these without too much trouble. You can even find pickup trucks with as much or more than 535 horsepower that drive he roads every day.

(They also have stock in the oil and tire companies so they can drive them)

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03/09/2010 5:44 AM

Thats as maybe but they don't look as good as the Rhino!
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03/09/2010 11:19 AM

Check out the LARC-LX video.

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03/09/2010 12:14 PM

It's ok but i'd still prefer the Rhino!
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03/09/2010 1:58 PM

Nice for the lightweight loads. Will float too. That is what the numbers are to tell you how deep you are.

Check out some of these though:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacobhinman/3812238851/in/photostream/

http://hutnyak.com/MINExpo/Trucks/Caterpillar.JPG/797/CAT797FrontView1.JPG

If you are in a hurry for that load, try air freight:

http://englishrussia.com/?p=1158

Just a few real off road vehicles.

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03/09/2010 7:45 AM

Skid steer on a wheeled vehicle?Is the the progenitor of the Bobcat?
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03/11/2010 6:47 AM

No, the LeTourneau- Westinghouse LW16 was. Powered by a GM 3-53 Diesel. In the 1950s too.

And I'd like a Rhino too.

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