#troop transports

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Baktoid Armor Workshop Multi-Troop Transport (MTT)

Source: The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels (Del Rey, 2003)

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1943 C-60 "Goodtime Gal" prepares to deploy jumpers at the Vandenberg AFB Air & Space Show

[lonestarbattleship]

"Three ships who have contributed much to the history of the sea are seen together at adjoining berths in the Hudson River at New York City, U.S.A., on Nov. 9, 1945. They are left to right: RMS Queen Mary, holder of the Blue Riband of the Atlantic; the USS MISSOURI (BB-63), on whose quarterdeck the Japanese surrender was signed and USS EUROPA (AP-177), former German luxury liner and onetime holder of the Atlantic record now being used as an American troopship."

Date: November 9, 1945

Shared by David Ho.

AP PHOTO: link

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The remains of the Mainz Wreck 5 a Roman troop transportation ship (navis lusoria)

After the establishment of the military castrum (fort) of Mogontiacum (modern Mainz) in 13–12 BC, ships of the Classis Germanica (the Roman fleet in Germania Superior and Germania Inferior) became stationed at its harbor.

Mogontiacum soon became the capital of the Roman province of Germania Superior and an important naval base of the Roman fleet on the river Rhine. In November 1981, as workmen dug the foundation of an extension of the Hilton Hotel in Mainz, the remains of at least 10 military wooden ships dating from the last days of the Roman Empire were discovered still in situ on their gravel beds.

These survived more than 1,500 years only because they were buried under 7 metres of clay and sand, which kept them away from the destructive effects of oxidation. The ships, all made of German oak, were waterlogged but otherwise fairly well preserved. Wreck nr. 5 dates in the 4th century AD and was originally 18 m long, only the front 9 m long section from the bows to just aft the mast-frame was able to be recovered.

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[monkeyssalad-blog]

B-17E rare armed transport aircraft modification by TK622 Via Flickr: This B-17 is one of six ex 43rd Bomb Group B-17E converted into armed transport planes, used by the 54th Troop Carrier Wing, 5h Air Force. Six further B-17F were also converted. The conversions were done in late 1943. During the conversion the ball turret was removed, to avoid cargo parachutes getting caught on it, all other defensive armament was kept. The engines were overhauled and the bomb bay was reworked to house cargo bins and a steel cable for parachute static lines. These special cargo B-17 were used to supply front line troops in areas too dangerous for regular unarmed transport planes. The extensive armament also meant that besides dropping cargo the planes would often perform low level strafing runs against enemy positions as well. The crews flying these B-17 were mixed personal consisting out of former 43rd Bomb Group B-17 crews, Troop Carrier crews and aerial gunners borrowed from bomb groups stationed at the same airfields.

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"Caesar, you know him?" "Yeah, I know him." SWISH.

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Battle Droid Deployment

STAR WARS EPISODE I: The Phantom Menace 01:48:59

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Republic Sienar Systems Kappa-Class Troop Shuttle

Source: Star Wars Adventure Journal #7 (West End Games, 1995)

[nocternalrandomness]

Taking a peek into the cockpit of a Russian Mil Mi-35 Hind Helicopter

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USS LEVIATHAN (ID-1326) arrives with 8,000 U.S. troops, as she pulled into her dock at New York City. She was the largest transport in American service at the time.

Photographed by Kadel & Herbert.

Date: February 8, 1919

NARA: 26433439

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The micro machine line is actually kind of rad!

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JS4V7477 by Evan Baker