Here is the badass truck replacing the US military's aging Humvees

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The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle — the HMMWV, or Humvee — is a stalwart of the battleground. If you asked someone to draw a military truck, they'd almost certainly draw this classic machine, which is almost older than a millennial (1984!) and gained such a pop culture following at one point that civilians started buying them. Arnold Schwarzenegger, in particular, is famous for his undying love of the "Hummer."

But seriously, they're old. The US military has been keen on retiring Humvees for some time, and it has finally awarded the $6.7 billion contract to replace them to Wisconsin-based truck maker Oshkosh, which expects to make about 17,000 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs) over the course of the deal. The JLTVs, which will come in multiple two- and four-seat configurations, aren't just better armored and generally more capable trucks than the ones they're replacing — they also look extraordinarily mean. (I've seen them in person, and I can attest that the meanness is real.)

The Humvee was tame enough to make it to dealerships, but this thing? I'm skeptical we'll ever see a red JLTV cruising down the highway, unless Arnold wants to prove me wrong.

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The Humvee was tame enough to make it to dealerships, but this thing? I'm skeptical we'll ever see a red JLTV cruising down the highway, unless Arnold wants to prove me wrong.

It just might happen.

 

[SipahSalar]

Do they even need a new vehicle? Even if Humvee has been around for decades, it's still perfectly fit for the job. US military is the best example of what will happen to a military if Apple was running one.

 

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Do they even need a new vehicle? Even if Humvee has been around for decades, it's still perfectly fit for the job. US military is the best example of what will happen to a military if Apple was running one.

Yes it was needed this new vehicle was developed from lessons learned in Iraq and Afghanistan. Humvee was outdated and not protective enough.

 

[C130]

wth this makes no sense. we literally bought tens of thousands MRAPS now we are going to buy another MRAP type vehicle, after selling thousands of MRAPS or scrapping them.

we love to waste money


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besides being air transportable it's no better than the thousands of MRAPS we bought


now the special forces vehicle we want to pursue I quite like.