GM new TEST truck for Military
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Topic: GM new TEST truck for Military
Posted By: steve(ill)
Subject: GM new TEST truck for Military
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2019 at 8:50am
Chevrolet Colorado ZR2-based Infantry Squad Vehicle looks to enlist in US Army By https://www.foxnews.com/person/g/gary-gastelu" rel="nofollow - http://www.foxnews.com/" rel="nofollow - This is an open cab 9 passenger high speed vehicle going to Military testing this fall. 2.8 L diesel 4 x 4 with 70% parts same as Colorado..  ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
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Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2019 at 10:04am
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Well that should get our troops killed real easy. Not sure where they come up with being able to carry 9. Maybe they ride on the roof? ------------- 1957 WD45 dad's first AC 1968 one-seventy 1956 F40 Ferguson |
Posted By: Walker
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2019 at 10:27am
| I've seen better stronger looking contraptions in my hillbillie neighbors back yard. |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2019 at 10:34am
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Stan IL&TN wrote:Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2019 at 11:39am
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so.... let's have the design team get into fatigues and test drive around a 'live round' range..... ..wonder if they'll go BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD ????  ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2019 at 1:05pm
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YEA, I think its a troop transport to shuffle guys around... Surely not armor plated for protection.. Tbone is right... 2 seats front, 3 seats middle, 2 seats back, 2 outward seats by tail gate area. Apparently there are 3-4 "companies" that were each given $1 MILLION to build 2 TEST vehicles . Testing in Nov- Dec- Jan - Feb... in March they pick one design and buy 650 trucks.
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Posted By: modirt
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2019 at 4:33pm
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I think they could have saved a lot of money and did what everyone else in the middle east does and bought a stock Toyota HiLux. Put a few planks back there to sit on....(pad them if you want luxury), mount a mini-gun or .50 cal in the back and go. |
Posted By: PaulB
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2019 at 4:47pm
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How can they even consider bidding on a project when they can't operate the assembly lines with the workers on strike??? Mack here locally is also on strike. They should go talk to the out of work people from CAT and find out how a strike worked out for them. ------------- If it was fun to pull in LOW gear, I could have a John Deere. Real pullers don't have speed limits. If you can't make it GO... make it SHINY |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2019 at 4:51pm
 ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2019 at 5:49pm
| like pictured above the enemy usually use older used Toyota trucks, if they get blowed up they aren't out much. wonder how much tax money is gonna be wasted on the first pics of that truck? |
Posted By: LouSWPA
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2019 at 9:13pm
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all I know is that when the Gulf war first started, one of the biggest complaints was that a large percentage of the HumVee were no armored! people were getting killed because of it. our soldiers was inventing all sorts of means to get some rudimentary protection. looks like Deja'Vue all over again! ------------- I am still confident of this; I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27 |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2019 at 7:06am
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Depends on what they use it for. I realize the military planners (oxymoron?) can be really stupid, but you'd think after all they've gone through to beef up the underside of Humvees, the use of Bradley APV's and such, they wouldn't be dumb enough to suggest this thing is a cavalry vehicle for invasion and advancement into hostile territory. Like Steve says, shuttling guys around in a cheaper vehicle than an APV when such a thing isn't necessary. Don't think the old Jeeps were all that safe either, but it beats walking. As for the strike, these things are in engineering and R&D facilities. Those guys aren't striking. Of course if the strike lasts forever, I guess they won't get the contract.
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Posted By: modirt
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2019 at 7:22am
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That does make it tougher to fight wars against those middle east foes......their weapons, vehicles and fighters are inexpensive, easy to come by and expendable. Ours are not. |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2019 at 2:08pm
| What ever happen to happen troops in a duce and a half with the fold down seat in the back, you could keep the tarp down for more air or put it up to stay dry |
Posted By: klinemar
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2019 at 4:03pm
| Youngest son was a Calvary Scout in Iraq. They started with up armored Humvees until they couldn't stand up to the IED's ! They found IED'S taht were 4 tanks of acetylene wraped around a 155mm artillery shell . These would destroy an Abrams tank! Before he was transferred back to Germany and home his squad had a Navistar MRAP which in Military jargon was Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle that Nate said was like riding around in a safe! MRAP vehicles usually have "V"-shaped hulls to deflect explosive forces from land mines or IEDs below the vehicle, thereby protecting vehicle and passengers. MRAPs weigh 14 to 18 tons, 9 feet high, and cost between US$500,000 and US$1,000,000. The GM concept vehicle looks like a Dune Buggy ! |
Posted By: Walker
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2019 at 5:12pm
| As many plastic cupholders they put into a passenger car that thing must have 50 or 60 thousand. |
Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2019 at 5:19pm
x2!
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Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2019 at 6:30pm
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heck, WHY do you need 'bots on the ground' with all the 'smart bombs' and 'drones' ? ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: Alberta Phil
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2019 at 8:11pm
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And the thing probably has an on-board computer and engine management system which would quit when you needed it most!! |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2019 at 10:55pm
| wonder if it's sand and dust proof? |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 17 Oct 2019 at 7:16am
Will ALWAYS come down to needing some boots on the ground if fighting for an actual objective. If you just wanna lob some Tomahawks into the sand like Clinton did and hope you make a point, then you don't.
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