----- Original Message -----
From: "jonathon" <jemery@execpc.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 7:12 PM
Subject: [MV] COMBATT Truck Article
> I'm not trying to be to negative but this is like dejavu here. They say
that
> the "Hummer is 20 years old and so defense planners are looking for a
> replacement. One of the more innovative approaches is to modify commercial
> pickups to perform some missions now handled by Hummer." "In all, the
> modified trucks would replace about 70% of the Army's 120,000 Hummers."
> They claim they are going to save costs by taking advantage of high volume
> commercial production.
>
> The best part for us, other than saving the taxpayers money (or at least
> give lip service to it) is that "An innovative and cost-saving twist to
the
> plan is that the Army would lease the beefed-up trucks from various auto
> companies for three to four years, then they would be available for sale
to
> anyone wanting a bonfide off-road vehicle able to handle severe operating
> conditions." We'll see if that part actually happens.
>
>
Errrr, Land-Rover. . . . . . . . . .
Richard
Southampton - England
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