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Was asked several times if i had ever built her in the brick. Well, here she is. All 344 pieces!! Adjusted the cab a little to fit driver with hat/helmet. Before couldn't fit cap. Don't have white pieces for top of Phalanx, so made LBG instead. Still missing a few pieces and a couple tiles.
a picture of our one and only recovery on the road. a tcn truck that blew an airline and was unable to move.
In the pictures I posted last week, this truck was carrying parts of a wind turbine. Vehicles are a much more common load for this truck, however. Here it's seen carrying my US Army HEMTT. This may seem like an unusual combination, but US Army units that rotate through Europe commonly use the Port of Vlissingen (Flushing) in the Netherlands and transit through the Netherlands. They do this with variety of commercial vehicles to carry equipment, including trucks from Van Der Vlist.
The Type 00 is a fairly standard heavy truck that is designed to have a modular cargo bed. The basic transporter, seen here, can be swapped out for a flatbed, crane or even SAMs or ASMs. However, the mechanism needed to support such transformations required a tall chassis, which has made it somewhat top-heavy and limits the height of the cargo being loaded. It also makes the loading and unloading of cargo more difficult. The Type 00 has not managed to fully supplant legacy Type 73s.
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The last of my uploads for now, I hope to have a new (never-before-seen) build completed in the bricks soon!
Also, please excuse the quality of these photos and the rather ramshackle appearance of the cab in this photo, I had already packed it for school when I decided to rapidly unpack it to take quick photos - in my haste I apparently overlooked that some elements were not quite in place on this one.
The HEMTT, Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck, is a large eight-wheel drive truck that entered US Army service in the early eighties. It was built in a number of different versions and many of the trucks were updated, but my model represents an M985 version as it appeared during Operation Desert Storm, in 1991. The M985 is a cargo truck used to support the MLRS (Multiple-Launch Rocket System).
Like all my recent minifig scale builds, this one is mostly studless.
2067AD, Marham, Norfolk. The RAF receive the first M7142 Tactical Fire Fighting Hover Truck (TFFTH).
The M7142 is an integration of an Oshkosh HEMTT chassis with a commercial Pierce fire fighting package. The vehicle is multifunctional, ready to be deployed in almost any terrain to combat five types of fires/hazards: wildland; structural (limited to two stories or less); zeloz-ethylene, oils, and lubricants (POL) and hazardous materials (HAZMAT); tactical vehicle; and aircraft crashes.
Thanks to Legoloverman for the scenery and photo.
Siemens ES 64 F from DB Cargo with a US Army military train, loaded with eight Humvees, six M113's, two M977 HEMTT trucks, three M1083 trucks and 3x M88 Hercules Armored Recovery Vehicles at the tail.
I have been wanting to build one of these beasts for a long time. The M983 HEMTT(Heavy expanded mobility tactical truck) is the tractor truck version in the HEMTT family of vehicles. The M983 is used to haul trailers with various military equipment.
The Counter-Rocket, Artillery, Mortar (C-RAM) Intercept Land-based Phalanx Weapon System (LPWS) program undertaken by the United States Army in 2004 was a response to the desire to quickly field a platform capable of negating projectiles threatening American and allied forces across the globe, particularly those stationed at US Central Command. Raytheon was the first to hop aboard the lucrative initiative and simply mounted a Phalanx CIWS--typically found aboard coalition vessels like the Mahan-class DDGs--and its supporting equipment on an Oshkosh HEMTT. Ignoring the Department of Defense's fetish for verbose names and clunky initialisms, Raytheon named its final product the Centurion (later Mobile Centurion to distinguish from standalone trailer-mounted systems).
As mentioned above, the Centurion was initially purposed with eliminating incoming rockets, artillery shells, and mortars. As the years dragged on and the threat environment expanded, drones and other slow, low-flying aircraft (e.g. helicopters) were added to that list. Indeed, that is why the pictured Block 2 Centurion came into existence. Realizing that the magazine size of the standard Phalanx was incredibly limited, four rocket-propelled tungsten darts were fixed to the close-in weapon system to assist in neutralizing less-than-imminent threats. This translates to the lightweight missiles being used on spying UAVs or the occasional mistakenly-targeted bird. Likewise, the Block 2 features more efficient generators and targeting redundancies that enable the Centurion to track and engage multiple targets simultaneously, a feature lacking among the Block 1 builds.
Today, Mobile Centurions have been forward-deployed to select allied installations in Ukraine, Al Dabir, and South Korea. Working in conjunction with the tried-and-true, Humvee-mounted AN/TWQ-1 Avenger, as well as experimental technologies like the Boeing Integrated Laser Interceptor and Area Denial System (ILIADS), the Mobile Centurion has proven capable of keeping most threats at bay via a hose of high-explosive 20mm rounds. That being said, the Centurion and its ilk are still theoretically susceptible to failure under swarm attacks; however, such attacks have yet to materialize as the United States remains dedicated to engaging asymmetrical threats in low-intensity environments. So, for the time being, coalition forces can gawk at the sound and sight of their C-RAMs spooling up to swat down targets with impunity.
Another shoutout to Evan for the HEMTT. Likewise, thanks are owed to Dane's Camel for a dash of inspiration regarding the turret. Much appreciated, fellas!
Is Little Rocket Man threatening your sovereign territory with nuclear weapons? Join South Korea and Saudi Arabia in protecting yourself with the HEMTT-mounted THAAD anti-ballistic missile system.
Aside from being perhaps the most technologically advanced flyswatter to date, the Integrated Laser Interceptor and Area Denial System (ILIADS; sometimes ILIAD system) developed by Boeing is also on the cutting edge of NATO's quest to harness the versatility of direct energy weapons. With conceptual R&D beginning in the mid-90s, the ILIADS is the product of decades of interest in making an affordable, reliable chemical-laser defense system capable of creating a not-so-fictional forcefield around allied forces deployed in heavily contested areas. Indeed, this nerdy fantasy has proven to be a tenacious fuel for the labs at Boeing as years of waxing and waning attraction from the US Department of Defense (DOD) has at times left the program with barebones funding during critical benchmark tests. Ultimately, however, the persistence and dedication from Boeing's crews have created one of the most compact, economical high-energy lasers known to the world.
Deployed to the conflict-ridden region of Al Dabir in the early 2020s, the ILIADS has proven itself as a vigilant guardian time and time again. Incoming rockets, artillery shells, UAVs, ballistic missiles, VBIEDs, and other such devices intended to harm coalition forces in Al Dabir have all been successfully intercepted by the ILIAD system at one point or another. Indeed, despite being an experimental technology still under evaluation by the DOD, the ILIADS is often considered by theater forces to be a fully-adopted, mainstay defense system due to its unmatched range and accuracy. Able to outpace and out-shoot its Phalanx-based C-RAM counterpart, as well as forward-deployed Medium Extended Air Defense Systems, the ILIADS' potent efficiency is the pinnacle of American defense research.
That being said, the ILIADS in its current iteration suffers from two detracting factors: A perceived underdeveloped economy of scale and few technical redundancies. The former detractor concerns not only the overall cost-per-unit, but also the cost-per-shot. Currently, a single round in a C-RAM costs approximately $3.22 USD; per contra, the ILIADS-equivalent is between $11 and $15 USD (depending on where supplementary chemicals are delivered from). This is a bit of a red herring, however, as it costs the C-RAM $241.50 to sustain fire for one second. The ILIADS per-second cost is still between $11 and $15. Hammering this into the minds of the bean counters in the Department of Defense is currently the biggest undertaking by Boeing. A resilient mindset surrounding kinetic weapons and their economies of scale has hindered early adoption of direct energy weapons. What's more, the ILIADS unequivocally suffers from growing pains and the longevity of individual laser modules has yet to be proven. Hence, there are few manufacturing, support, and operational redundancies built into the system writ large, leading to a great degree of skepticism by the old heads in the DOD. Nevertheless, Boeing--and other defense contractors working on energy weapons--are banking on the flashiness of the ILIADS to engender a positive attitude with the public, ergo policymakers that pull the purse strings. Perhaps someday soon bullets will be as outmoded as stones in a slingshot.
Thanks to Evan for the decals and HEMTT!
A revised HEMTT render while I finish working on things before BrickFair. Simple conversion from my LVSR chassis. Suspension on all axles, steering on the front two. Material handling crane is mostly Corvin's design, so I can't take credit.
Let me know if anyone's interested in the LDD file. I just got a Dropbox setup, so I'm experimenting with that. I'm down with letting y'all loose with this, I'm just gonna ask that you be respectful and give credit where credit is due. Feel free to tag me in any builds that come from this!
-Zach
After I rendered the HEMTTs, Austin wanted to render a few models. The MGS was the first model he chose. He used basically the same settings that I do, and then the lil tip from Matt for the dark backgrounds. Our Strykers are not the best, but they are fun lil models.
A bunch of folks on Flickr & Instagram have asked how to include steering and suspension into their MOCs. Instead of building actual models, I made some breakdowns of the different ways I've used over the years. As far as I can tell, credit for this idea goes to Corvin back in 2011ish. You can include Lego rubber bands to add some extra strength in the wider versions, but I've found they're not always needed. Extra breakdowns and variants below!
This is the type I use on most of my wheeled vehicles, such as the M-ATV, HEMTT, and Land Rovers.
for the US Army's 411th Engineer Brigade, 463rd Engineer Battalion, 299th Engineer Company based out of Fort Belvoir. The M1120 LHS stands for Load Handling System and refers to old M977's that have had their old cranes removed and reoutfitted with Multilift Mark 5 cranes.
for the US Army's 411th Engineer Brigade, 463rd Engineer Battalion, 299th Engineer Company based out of Fort Belvoir. HEMTT stands for Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck. BAP is a Bridge Adapter Pallet, to be used as part of a ribbon bridge assembly.
For the 2049 model year, Oshkosh debuts a newly designed HEMTT. This model, specifically outfitted for warfare in middle eastern cities, looks to be a major competitor to replace the now aging 2030 model that is standard issue in the US Military.
I've been working on this for the past few weeks and it's been a ton of fun to build. I started this build by buying the 60061 Airport Fire Truck at my local Lego Store and had an idea to turn it into a military transport. The thing is already an Oshkosh fire truck, why not turn it into a transport?
1 Bricklink order and 2 weeks of work on/off of it got me this. I'm super happy with it. I scrapped the original opening cab from the set in favor of a closed and more detailed cab, added a top hatch with a minigun, and redid the tanks on it. The kit went through a 100% redesign, only thing still the same is the wheelbase. The stickers are leftover from my Gunpla and Zoids kits, glad they came out okay!
Fun fact - the canopy is non-Lego! Got it from Jacob, it's a really awesome piece. It's got woodland camo on the other side, it's a great part to have.
Let me know what you think!
Despite the flexibility offered by the Load Handling System, there are still numerous purpose-build variants in the HEMTT family in service with the US Army. Out of these, the M978A4 Fuel Servicing Truck is the most common, and can be seen in American maneuver units all over the world.
Operation Desert Storm was the name of the 1991 liberation of Iraqi-occupied Kuwait. It marked the first combat use of a lot of American military equipment that had entered service in the eighties, with a conflict between NATO and the Warsaw Pact in mind, including the MLRS (Multiple Launch rocket System) and HEMTT (Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck) intended to supply it.
Had to render these. :) I sold the HEMTT that I made last year at the LEGO Store in Orlando to a USMC staff sgt and his son that we met. Bobby wanted me to make instructions for him so I made this file for him. He is now medically retired from the military. He loved the big rigs he drove in the service, and so does his lil boy. :) These are the same HEMTTs I made last year. A Phalanx and a modified gun truck.
for the US Army's 411th Engineer Brigade, 463rd Engineer Battalion, 299th Engineer Company based out of Fort Belvoir.
the final missing parts for my SA-11 TELAR still haven't shown up (the Bricklink seller who sold them to me told me he sent them out more than a week ago, but unfortunately I received nothing). In the meantime, however, I've started another new build. I enjoy building minifig-scale trucks and this is a new addition: a DAF CF tipper truck. The cab and chassis are taking shape, with one feature that I think is really cool: the wheels on the front two axles can steer and the two steering racks are connected such that they move together; with the front wheels steering more than the wheels on the axle behind it. I've done this before, on my HEMTT truck, for instance, but this DAF is quite a bit smaller.
Even though I posted the HEMTT earlier, the MLRS was the first of these two vehicles I built and originally I had no intention of building the HEMTT. However, I've always liked the HEMTT and I've really enjoyed building minifig scale trucks, such as my Maersk container truck and US Army wrecker. So, a HEMTT was an obvious choice and so was combining them in a little diorama.
Being able to do this sort of thing is one of the reasons I'm quite fussy about scale. In order for the vehicles to look right when combined with figures, I tend to opt for the small end of minifig scale (roughly 1/43) and that makes the HEMTT seven studs wide and the MLRS nine.
I have been wanting to build one of these beasts for a long time. The M983 HEMTT(Heavy expanded mobility tactical truck) is the tractor truck version in the HEMTT family of vehicles. The M983 is used to haul trailers with various military equipment.
The Oshkosh HEMTT fuel servicing truck (or tanker) is specifically designed to transport 2,500 gallons (9464 L) of gas, diesel or jet fuel to Forward-Arming and Refueling Points (FARP). Whether refueling ground vehicles or aircraft, the HEMTT A4 fuel servicing truck provides the consistent reliability and performance members of the armed forces can rely on.
A HEMTT truck with a fuel pod loaded on it rolls west for exercises in California. It's placarded 1863 for aviation fuel, turbine engine. Corrections welcome.
NATO's Medium Extended Air Defense System (or MEADS for short) is built up of four primary building blocks, two of which are presented here. On the left is the actual missile transporter erector launcher (TEL), which utilizes the venerable MIM-104 Patriot PAC 3 missile deployed onboard a slightly modified HEMTT Load Handling System. On the right is the brains of the operation, the Battle Management Theater Operations Center (TOC), which sits atop a standard M1078 LMTV chassis.
Big props to Erik for coming up with the fold-able antenna design! Functionality bits shown below.
The rocket packs can be loaded and unloaded using a crane mounted at the rear of the vehicle. The boom of the crane can be extended to reach forward, but this is something that I sadly couldn't reproduce on this tiny scale. My crane is for show only.
One of the numerous advantages of the LHS over a run of the mill flatbed truck is its ability to carry standard shipping containers. This fact was not lost on NATO's war planners during the lead up to the Alliance's intervention in the Second Eastern European War. Weeks before the first airstrikes were launched in December 2016, multinational support troops began pouring into staging areas in Austria and Poland. The utility of a common logistics platform in the hydraulic load handling system became evident very quickly, as cargo could be transferred almost seemlessly between American HEMTTs, ZUES' Actros trucks, British MAN trucks, or even the NDC's ATLAS line.
Transportation and logistics in the field are always essential. This is my take on a HEMTT-type vehicle for the Joes.
The Tactical Transport uses the basic Rolling Thunder frame for its simplest and most obvious application. It has opening roof doors in addition to the rear and middle side doors.
First part of the MEADS battery uploaded, which I finished putting together right before BrickFair. Simply had to pop off the shipping container and add on the missile pack to the HEMTT and it worked great!
Shoutout to Corvin for designing the missile pack component. A multinational system in real life as well as in Lego!
Is Little Rocket Man threatening your sovereign territory with nuclear weapons? Join South Korea and Saudi Arabia in protecting yourself with the HEMTT-mounted THAAD anti-ballistic missile system.
In US Army service, launch trailers are typically pulled using a version of the HEMTT truck. The Dutch military uses a DAF tractor unit instead.
NATO's Medium Extended Air Defense System (or MEADS for short) is built up of four primary building blocks, the first of which serves the mmost glamorous function--actually engaging the enemy. The Transporter Erector Launcher (TEL) utilizes the MIM-104F PAC-3 MSE missile, carried in modular eight-pack cannisters. An evolution of the venerable PATRIOT missile, the MSE increases the system's range and lethality over the baseline PAC-2 & PAC-3 variants of the PATRIOT misile that have been in service since 1990. This interceptor's capability gives NATO's MEADS batteries game against both aircraft and ballistic missile targets.
The TEL vehicle itself is also one of the key features of MEADS' "Plug-and-Fight" design. Since most of the electronics and combat systems reside on the missile pack itself, it can be loaded on almost any vehicle which is equipped with a standardized Load Handling System (LHS). In US Army service, MEADS TELs are almost always an M1120A4 HEMTT LHS. This can vary in other NATO member nations, such as the German or Dutch contingents in ZEUS, which utilize heavy-duty RMMV HX trucks.
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Shoutout to Corvin for designing the missile pack component. A multinational system in real life as well as in Lego!
While previous models of the M978 tanker have been built to carry potable water, the US Army no longer operates these variants, choosing instead to load palletized water tanks on the more versatile LHS-equipped variant.
By removing the need for specialized chassis, the deployment of the LHS allowed the Army to drastically increase the efficiency of their motor pools. The standardized loading arm gave logisticians the flexibility to move a much larger variety of payloads than the older flatbed models allowed.
Because of its tri-national development process and ‘plug and play’ nature, MEADS has proven to be both extremely effective and flexible on the battlefield. MEADS batteries were invaluable during NATO’s intervention in the Second European War in late 2016, only a few short months after initial activation. Lacking sophisticated anti-air coverage, the Slovakian and Ukrainian militaries were under significant threat from Yugoslav land-based cruise missiles during the first few weeks of the conflict. German and American MEADS units rapidly made enemy CAS flights all but suicidal for the Yugoslav and Romanian pilots, eliminating an important advantage the attacking forces had against their weaker neighbors. A number of American air defense units (such as the one above) are still attached to NATO’s Stabilization Force (SFOR) in the region, guarding against the possibility of any back-handed surprise attacks by the Yugoslavs or the Black Cross guerrillas they shelter.
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Part of a triple truck upload with Matt's Type 00 and Erik's TAM 525T(25). Make sure to give them some luv.
The MLRS is a launcher for 12 artillery rockets that are transported inside their launch tubes in packs of 2x3. The M985 can carry four of these and two more in a trailer. My model currently only has two of them.
The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) is a ground-mobile air and missile defense system which was designed to replace the Patriot missile system through a NATO-managed development process between the United States, Germany, and Italy. MEADS is designed to address the shortcomings of earlier fielded systems and to permit full interoperability between U.S. and allied forces. It is the only medium-range system to provide full 360-degree coverage against tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, aircraft, and large-caliber rockets.
MEADS incorporates the Lockheed Martin hit-to-kill PAC-3 MSE missile, which can be carried on a variety of different vehicles. The flexible nature of the eight-pack missile launcher unit allows it to be loaded and reloaded via a standard Load Handling System in minutes. In American service the missiles are launched from a modified Oshkosh HEMTT A4 8x8 truck. The other most common user of the MEADS system is the German contingent of ZEUS, which utilizes larger MAN SX trucks instead.
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Part of a triple truck upload with Matt's Type 00 and Erik's TAM 525T(25). Make sure to give them some luv.
Container handling system seen in action.
Make sure to check out Evans awesome M1120A4 HEMTT too!
Design by Corvin Stichert.