Artwork of a projected development of the Titan III… the Titan IIIL2. “L” for Larger core (note for engine bells, rather than the usual 2), and “2” for having only two solid rocket boosters (could go up to 4). For further info on this sort of booster, check this out. This painting shows the Titan IIIL2 launching an Apollo Command and Service Module. This booster was proposed for orbital logistics for space stations and the like; it would have been the rough equivalent of the ongoing Ares I booster in terms of role and capability.
A drawing of a “Titan III 2+2” AKA “Titan IIID,” which was a Titan III core with four boosters. It is, again, available HERE.
And here’s a model of one of a “Titan IVL4,” courtesy commenter Mike Robel…
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Cool. So are you going to offer this Titan IIIL document for sale?
At some point, yeah.
I made a model of this using Titan IVB SRBs, sadly I can’t paste it here, but it was the TitanIIIL4 version.
Is this related to the Reagan era “Barbarian MM” booster proposal in any way?: http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/barianmm.htm
The IIIL series preceded the Barbarian by almost two decades.
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