Transport in the military. Vehicles that help to
accomplish critical tasks in the army.
Mokhinabonu Yusupova, Student of INHA University in Tashkent
*Tel+99888-900-61-96, mohina2306@gmail.com
Abstract. This paper explores military inventions introduced during wartime that are used until
now. The objective of the study is to examine the role of vehicles in military and provide
information about how that inventions help the army to complete difficult tasks. The importance
of zeppelins and U-boats in WWI and bombers in WWII will be tested in this paper.
Keywords: military; transport; war; freight transportation; vehicles
1.Introduction
Transport is one of the most essential for providing safety to country. Why is it so? During
wartime, it is only through improved means of vehicles that heavy machinery, material and
equipment can be moved rapidly to border areas. So, transport enjoys a great political
significance.
Military transport aircraft are responsible for transporting troops and cargo (including military
equipment, fuel, and other goods) to an area of operational concern. Road transportation is
considered to be primary mean of transportation in military because of security, flexibility and
high capacity. The maximum speed for military vehicles on expressways is 50 mph. In this
paper, I will provide information about history of military vehicles, duties of the transportation,
leader vehicles, problems of that kind of transportation, solutions and future of it.
2. History of transport in the military
By looking at military inventions, you can assume that most of them are invented during the war.
The life-or-death havoc of war boosts human creativity in a powerful way. That solutions met the
needs of the military during wartime. For example, World War II brought the atom bomb and
new innovations in artillery and tanks, but it also brought the bat bomb, pigeon-guided missiles,
and the Gustav Gun.
One of the most useful innovations is pilot communication. Before WWI, pilots couldn’t be able
to talk to each other and to people on the ground. That times, armies relied on cables to
communicate that were often cut by tanks and artillery. There were some ways to solve this
problem such as flags, pigeons, runners, but they found to be inadequate. One solution would be
aviators to rely on gestures and shouting. But fortunately, radio technology had been improved
and a helmet with built-in microphone and earphones was invented in order to block much of the
noise. In this way, they found the solution for a problem.
Another invention was helicopters. Germans are who created helicopter. The first attempt was
not successful, as it couldn’t perform well in bad weather. Then, they made over around 24 of
these aircraft.
The helicopter today is a key attack and it became a key part of American strategy now.
The history of the tank begins with WWI too. The aim of vehicle was crossing the killing zone
between trench lines and breaking into defenses. The tank had to protect against bullets and shell
splinters. The vehicle of WWI was slow, clumsy, difficult to use and unreliable. After World
War I, E. Ludendorff praised the Allied tanks for being main factor in Germany’s defeat. After
that, they improved functions of tanks and it is well-served during the WW2.
Vickers Medium Mark (tank’s name) in England, 1930
Vehicles such as B-29, B 50 , JAS 39 Gripen, V-2 rockets were also invented during the Worldwide wars.
3.The role of military transportation.
The main duties of transportation in military is to troop, supply, and equipment movement on the
globe. The most used vehicles are airplanes, boats, hovercraft, humvees and trucks. In this part of
the study, the significance of some vehicles will be tested. Firstly, let’s take a look at the German
Zeppelin. The impact of Zeppelin is huge in the worldwide wars. In WW 1 they were used for
bombings and played an important role as military aircraft. It literally changed the world. For the
first time, air attack were happened and damaged the civilian population at home, bringing the
war into cities far away from the front lines.
The design of the blimp
In the WWII , the Germans invented another aircrafts to carry out many bombings. Heavy
bombers are bomber aircraft that deliver the largest air-to-ground weaponry (bombs). They are
now operated only by the air forces of Russia, China and the US.
4. Leader vehicles
In this part, we will discuss leader military technologies according to their speed and quality.
Currently, one of the most famous recon vehicles is RQ4A Global Hawk. The maximum speed
of this aircraft is about 391 mph and its endurance is more than 32 hours. The duties of Global
Hawk are similar to that of Lockheed U-2.
Now let’s review the fastest vehicles in another mode of transportation – road transportation. The
world’s fastest military tanks are US Abrams tank and also the Russian T-80. They two have
powerful multi-fuel turbine engines.
RQ4A Global Hawk
Spitfire, P-51 Mustang, F-16, SR-71, B-2, Huey, Tomcat, Jeep, Humvee can be good examples
of the most famous military vehicles.
5. Problems of military transportation
Commonly faced problems in military transportation are traffic congestion, traffic backups at
military gates and poor roadway maintenance. It is identified by looking results of survey that
took place in 2011-2012. While completing the survey, participants had to submit any
suggestions related to the problems. Now the recommendations from the survey help the Military
Commuters to plan improvements in the region.
In this study, we would like to analyze Uzbekistan’s military issues and provide our
recommendation based on it. We think major problem is inappropriate usage of technology in
military.
6. Conclusion and Recommendations
By the end of this study, we conclude that future military transportation should consider the
technology as a primary key and take advantage of it. This involves real-time communications or
increased use of computers and so on. There are some techs already that invented and being used
in US and Europe that should be implemented in Uzbekistan, too. Here there are example of
some.
6.1. Future Airlift Platforms
Airlift assets are improved by the use of modular heavy lifters and ultraheavy lifters. UHLs are
combination dirigible and airplane that has a payload of 500 tons and with the speed of 120
knots. Heavy lifters are available on the market since 2005.
6.2 Transportation Data Security
As it mentioned before, there is a huge demand for military communication. However, a Defense
Advanced Research Project Agency can satisfy the need. They focus on transportation data
security and to allow movement between systems and networks.
References
Arlene L. Dietz, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Military Transportation, pp 6-7
BBC News, 10 inventions that owe their success to World War One, pp 13-14
Wikipedia, History of Tank pp 3-4
War History Online, pp 14-15
Dwight L. Farmer - Hampton Roads Transportation Planning organization pp 85-86