[GZG] FW: [twohourwargames] Re: Why didn' t they call this an Ogre?

11 posts ยท Oct 9 2008 to Oct 11 2008

From: jacob walker <gyrfallcan@y...>

Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 19:17:08 -0400

Subject: [GZG] FW: [twohourwargames] Re: Why didn' t they call this an Ogre?

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Huzzah,

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Subject: [twohourwargames] Re: Why didn' t they call this an Ogre?

It only weighs 7 tons, and its air-transportable -- you'd have to call
it Ogre Lite...

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From: John K Lerchey <lerchey@a...>

Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 23:31:35 -0400

Subject: Re: [GZG] FW: [twohourwargames] Re: Why didn' t they call this an Ogre?

I work at Carnegie Mellon. About 6 months ago, I got in touch with a buddy
who's a sys admin at the robotics consortium. I took my 12 year old son to see
the Crusher and it's predecessors, among other robotic delights It's even
cooler than it looks.:)

J

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From: Mike Stanczyk <stanczyk@p...>

Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 23:18:48 -0600 (MDT)

Subject: Re: [GZG] FW: [twohourwargames] Re: Why didn' t they call this an Ogre?

It gets better:
"Crusher is a six-wheeled, all-wheel drive, hybrid electric,
skid-steered,
unmanned ground vehicle. "

a *hybrid* Ogre.   HAHAHAHA!

Mike

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From: Ground Zero Games <jon@g...>

Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:31:04 +0100

Subject: Re: [GZG] FW: [twohourwargames] Re: Why didn' t they call this an Ogre?

> I work at Carnegie Mellon. About 6 months ago, I got in touch with a

Interesting article, but no pics that I could see.... anyone have any direct
links to some pics of this?

Jon (GZG)

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From: Hudak, Michael <mihudak@s...>

Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:34:26 -0400

Subject: Re: [GZG] FW: [twohourwargames] Re: Why didn' t they call this an Ogre?

> I work at Carnegie Mellon. About 6 months ago, I got in touch with a

Interesting article, but no pics that I could see.... anyone have any direct
links to some pics of this?

Jon (GZG)

From: Ryan Fisk <ryan.fisk@g...>

Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:39:56 -0600

Subject: Re: [GZG] FW: [twohourwargames] Re: Why didn' t they call this an Ogre?

> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 1:31 AM, Ground Zero Games <jon@gzg.com> wrote:

> Interesting article, but no pics that I could see.... anyone have any

http://science.howstuffworks.com/crusher.htm

From: Indy Kochte <kochte@s...>

Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:05:11 -0400

Subject: Re: [GZG] FW: [twohourwargames] Re: Why didn' t they call this an Ogre?

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> Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 3:31 AM, Ground Zero Games <jon@gzg.com> wrote:

> >I work at Carnegie Mellon. About 6 months ago, I got in touch with a

An image google search on 'crusher vehicle army' returned this:

http://images.google.com/images?q=crusher%20vehicle%20army&ie=UTF-8&oe=u
tf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi

Amusingly, the first image is of said Crusher crushing a car...

Mk

From: Richard and Emily Bell <rlbell@s...>

Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:37:55 -0600

Subject: Re: [GZG] FW: [twohourwargames] Re: Why didn' t they call this an Ogre?

"Six wheel, skid-steer vehicle"  That description calls to mind the
moon buggies from Space:1999.

At 14000pounds, it will be bigger, but the skid-steer aspect clearly
indicates a vehicle that is not much longer than it is wide

For those that cannot call to mind a skid steer vehicle, those little Bobcat
loaders are skid steer. While there may be a suspension, the

From: Ground Zero Games <jon@g...>

Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:10:15 +0100

Subject: Re: [GZG] FW: [twohourwargames] Re: Why didn' t they call this an Ogre?

> "Six wheel, skid-steer vehicle" That description calls to mind the

Which were little 6-wheel Argocats, IIRC; same as The Banana Splits'
banana buggies (jeez, I'm showing my age here....), either built or
imported by Crayford in Kent, as I recall. Also available in 8-wheel
versions. Hull like a polythene bathtub, two-stroke engine, steered
by separate clutch/brake systems on each side's wheels. Fully
amphibious without preparation. As a kid I wanted one (a real one!)
SOOOOOO badly...  ;-)

Jon (GZG)

> At 14000pounds, it will be bigger, but the skid-steer aspect clearly

From: Ground Zero Games <jon@g...>

Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:16:16 +0100

Subject: Re: [GZG] FW: [twohourwargames] Re: Why didn' t they call this an Ogre?

> >I work at Carnegie Mellon. About 6 months ago, I got in touch with a

Thanks for that!  :-)

Jon (GZG)

> Interesting item I just ran across. may be old news. A vehicle

From: Evyn MacDude <infojunky@c...>

Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:16:43 -0700

Subject: Re: [GZG] FW: [twohourwargames] Re: Why didn' t they call this an Ogre?

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> Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 4:10 PM, Ground Zero Games <jon@gzg.com> wrote:

> >"Six wheel, skid-steer vehicle" That description calls to mind the

Jon they still sell then around here at the hunters supply store. If I went
duck hunting a little more often than once a decade I would consider buying
one......