Also reminded me of...

 

The variations on this meme will never stop being hilarious to me.

 

Not to get political but this is one of the better ones i've seen

 

New US military vehicle to replace the humvee is called the Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) and is based on the Chevy Colorado ZR2. Supposed to be much lighter and cheaper to repair and operate.


https://www.army.mil/article/265471/...ate_production

 

As long as Lighter and Cheaper are the only two criteria, I can't think of a single thing that could go wrong. You could probably get a more robust vehicle on Temu.

 

The predecessor of the humvee was the M151, which was argued to be too light and too small. The humvee was the departure from the norm.



I'm disappointed we didn't choose the Toyota Hilux, but this is the closest Americans make currently.

 

Maybe they should just source a few thousand Toyota Hilux which appears to be what this iteration wants to be. Quote from a Top Gear episode:

"The show's producers bought an 18-year-old Hilux diesel with 190,000 miles on the odometer for $1,500," Somaiya wrote for Newsweek. "They then crashed it into a tree, submerged it in the ocean for five hours, dropped it from about 10 feet, tried to crush it under an RV, drove it through a portable building, hit it with a wrecking ball, and set it on fire.

"Finally, they placed it on top of a 240-foot tower block that was then destroyed in a controlled demolition. When they dug it out of the rubble, all it took to get it running again was hammers, wrenches, and WD-40. They didn't even need spare parts."

 

I am by no means an expert on military vehicles, but isn't the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle the replacement for the HMMWV?




Unrelated:

 

This?

 

Oh this

 

I heard about it from the Secretary of the Army. There are probably many vehicles in their fleet. He was talking about making better decisions regarding funds when possible.

Unrelated pic: this supplement is not funny

 

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Says a lot about their concern for soldier safety. I could ruin that radiator with a butter knife. Looks like it's fit to deliver mail around the base.

 

Are you talking about the jeep?

Humvees were overweight once they were retrofitted with armor (not originally designed for it) and before the first soldier got in it. They were also too wide for urban warfare purposes and useless for protection against IEDs and RPGs anyway.

With the change in warfare that's occurred in the last 5 years, I believe the safest place is not in a vehicle. Soldiers need to be able to dismount quickly and seek cover. Drones equipped with plastic explosives and other goodies are the new norm and the best idea seems to be to scatter rather than hide inside. But that's just my guess. It's not what I do for a living.

 

I was referring to the ZR2. It just looks "vulnerable."
Your other points make perfect sense. I'm just looking at one pic, and I don't think I would be terribly excited as a soldier to see that thing pull up in a recovery situation.

 

Until recently, infantry soldiers primarily traveled en masse by foot.

I'm sure they'd rather ride 6 to a truck on a Chevy than walk.

 

Except when they didn't.



But to your point... yes they would.

 

My original response mentioned being ferried by chopper or jumping from planes before walking for days, but the app ate it and I got lazy when it came to retyping it.

 

Motorized infantry and mechanized infantry are two different things.