This Is Why The US Military Doesn’t Feel Threatened

With a budget of more than 768 billion dollars, the Department of Defense has a lot of money to spend on developing new weapons systems and vehicles.

So with a huge amount of money backing them, the US military has made some amazing vehicles. We’ve put just a few on this list that we think you’ll like.

Beluga Airbus

Here’s an enormous airliner called the Beluga, or the A300-600ST. It’s a cargo plane on steroids and can load up a whopping 54 tons!

Soldiers affectionately called the military plane the Beluga and anyone can see why. It’s absolutely enormous and with how tall it is it does look kind of like a whale.

AAV7

The AAV7 stands for amphibious assault vehicle. What’s so special about this thing is its ability to not only tread land easily but bodies of water too! It only needs 3 soldiers to drive and can carry an additional 25 for transport.

The vehicle moves at a steady top speed of 30 miles per hour on land and 20 miles per hour on a body of water. It is also equipped with a small arsenal. Most notably a 25mm cannon and 40mm grenade launcher.

Autonomous Terramax

Here’s a futuristic vehicle that can drive itself. It’s called the Oshkosh Autonomous Terramax. The purpose behind the strange concept is to keep soldiers safe from explosives and gunfire.

This monster looks awesome without a doubt, but apparently, the military wants to upgrade it even more in the future. Even though it’s quite effective as it currently is.

Black Knight Transformer

Now here’s another vehicle that looks straight out of a sci-fi movie. It’s called the Black Knight Transformer because it can be a truck or a helicopter.

The vehicle can reach 10,000 feet in the air and drive at 70 miles an hour when on the ground. This thing isn’t even the final design as it’s always getting upgrades.