:: GALLERY - MODERN ERA USA
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This commissioned art from 1991 has recently been installed at the Patton museum as a mural. Prints of this artwork are available from the U.S. Armor Association. |
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Reconnaissance then and now. |
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An M60A1 Patton tank of the 9th Cavalry Regiment, late 1960's. |
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U.S Army Armor in urban conflicts, then and now. (ARMOR magazine cover art) |
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A split scene depicting the "real-time" information sharing capabilities of the newly created US Cavalry "Stryker Brigade Combat Team". |
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One of my first military illustrations, showing the crew of an M551 Sheridan talking with a soldier on a city street in Panama, during Operation "Just Cause" in 1989. |
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During Operation Desert Storm, tank crews take some rest in the shade of their M1A1 mounts. |
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Another theoretical tactical situation, featuring a proposed upgrade of the M113 troop carrier, with a substantial reactive armor package added. The soldier is crouched next to a portable TOW missile launcher. |
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A mine plow-equipped M1A1 Abrams in the midst of enemy artillery fire, its crew picking off thermally viewed targets from behind a berm in this theoretical battle scene. |
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"The Digital Battlefield" |
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A conceptual illustration showing a soldier geared up in Land Warrior equipment, employing the XM82 sniper rifle, as part of an MGS Stryker-deployed Cavalry sniper team. |
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Elements of a Cavalry reconnaissance team, including the RV Stryker vehicle, Land Warrior troops and a sophisticated HMMWV mounted surveillance and reporting system. |
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A group of Armor and Cav soldiers gather around U.S. Army chief of staff General Shinseki during a visit to Fort Knox. |
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Soldiers in an Tow missile equipped HMMWV working together with a Kiowa warrior helicopter in the scouting/recon role. |
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An MA1A1 Abrams commander during Operation Desert Storm, with tank-busting A-10 "Warthogs" passing. |
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An M88 recovery vehicle tows in Iraqi war booty during Operation Desert Storm. |
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A Bradley and an uparmored HMMWV in the counter-reconnaissance role, engaging the lead vehicle of an enemy recon element. |
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A montage showing how warfare has changed throughout history of the U.S. Army - from the Civil War, WW II, Vietnam and the Persian Gulf wars. |
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A theoretical battle scene including an M1A2 Abrams, AH-64 Apaches and a OH-58 Kiowa scout helicopter. |
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A theoretical battle scene featuring an M3A2 Bradley fighting vehicle, somewhere in the middle east. |
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Tactical planning on the hood of a HMMWV, with an M1A1 Abrams in the background. |
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An Abrams tank exposing its Medieval roots. |
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A mine plow-equipped M1A2 Abrams explodes a mine while clearing a safe lane. |
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A column of M1A1s pass an abandoned Iraqi artillery position during Operation Desert Storm. |
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An M1A1 Abrams in a prepared defensive position at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin. |
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A highly modified M113 Troop Carrier, made to outwardly resemble a typical threat vehicle. Part of the 11th ACR's "opposing forces" or OPFOR, on the lookout for their training adversary at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin. |
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Spring, 1991: An M1A1 Abrams main battle tank races across the Iraqi desert, during Operation Desert Storm. |
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A column consisting of M1A1 Abrams tanks, M2A2 Bradleys, HMMWVs and M113s negotiate a narrow winding road through the Korean Hills, near the 38th parallel. |
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U.S. Army M1A1s on a German roadway in the early 1990s. |
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An M1 crew awaits a replacement engine pack, as another M1 in need of repairs comes in behind an M88 recovery vehicle. National Training Center, Fort Irwin. |
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An M1A1 Abrams and an M3A2 Bradley in a theoretical night battle scene. |
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An M3A2 Bradley Fighting vehicle patrols the streets of a Bosnian village, part of the multi-national peacekeeping forces in place there. (enlarged as a mural for the Patton Museum) |
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2 views of M1 Abrams tank production at the Lima, Ohio plant. |
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Motor pool Maintenance checks being performed on an M1A1 Abrams tank. |
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Mounted warriors, past and present. These are 2 of the versions of the army's new interim armored vehicle, the Stryker. In the foreground is the 105mm armored gun system, and to the right is the cavalry/ infantry armored vehicle. |