ever seen these airless tires?
 

http://www.geekologie.com/2007/08/08/tweel.jpg
http://www.geekologie.com/2007/08/08/airless%20tire.jpg
http://www.ooops.net/blog/wp-content...0806149171.jpg
http://gadgetsteria.com/wp-content/u...less-tires.jpg
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_kIWY2DV0KnE/Sh...20tire%202.jpg
http://www.toxel.com/wp-content/uplo...11/wheel02.jpg

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is this what the army and marines use on there vehicles? because i know they don't run air tires wouldn't make sense if they got a flat in combat.

They're called tweels. At least they were called that a couple of years ago.

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are the actual tires "open" on the sides or is that just for selling purposes?
because they look like crap open on the sides

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Yeah, rims look like crap, but they look like tank tracks for some good off roading

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They also make those for skid steers, I'm not sure if they ride worth a damn on a DD though. I'll stick with my air filled till then!

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yea army does not use those. and we do use air tires. and we always get flats in combat lol u just keep goin

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i also remember readin about those for motorcycles. but they look alot better then those ones. saw a pick of a ducati 999 with them and looked sick

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Interesting. Ill take my regualr tires though.

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Not on many of them, most of their vehicles use "run-flat" tires, which are regular tires with a metal band inside of them... some are also filled with liquid... but when you're getting shot at, I don't think you're going to stop to fix a flat, so run-flats or not, you'd just keep on goin'.

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They look like huge ass rims... Like 22's on a honda because of the little bit of tire showing... Cool concept though... Wonder how they ride

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Pretty cool but form the side it looks retarded, I'll stick with air.

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I've seen them before on history or discovery as they were being developed for the mars rovers. I didn't know they had some designed for cars yet and I'm not even sure how good the ride would be on them. Probably ridiculously expensive to replace too.