UPDATE II: Bob Westerman shared a few cage photos he’s found during his research:
UPDATE: Dan tracked down this detailed explanation of the Squirrel Cage: http://weaponews.com/weapons/16209-a-system-for-increasing-the-patency-of-the-squirrel-cage-usa.html
The November 9, 1948, issue of the Evening Star ran a short article on the Squirrel Cage. A February 1949 issue of Mechanix Magazine ran the same photo (and it’s more clear).
The Evening Star photo and caption:
The Modern Mechanix photo and caption:
Can only imagine the debris falling upon the vehicle and its occupants as driven over a muddy swamp. Without some way of shedding that I think this idea would be considered incomplete.
Where we’re going, we don’t need roads!
Congratulations for reinventing the tracked vehicle 🙂
Lew makes a good point about debris… what a mess.
I was wondering how do they steer this contraption?
This has a better picture and lengthy description of the failed idea.
http://weaponews.com/weapons/16209-a-system-for-increasing-the-patency-of-the-squirrel-cage-usa.html
Maybe steering was part of the 2.0 revision?
Great find Dan!
Take it out on the golf range.