Military Vehicles, March 1997,: RE: Hummer in thick woods?

RE: Hummer in thick woods?

Ben Goetter (goetter@angrygraycat.com)
Sat, 15 Mar 1997 17:27:25 -0800

>Er, I was refering to trails, not roads. The majority seem to run about 5
>feet wide or thereabouts and are made primarly by snowmobiles and quads.

Tight squeeze for a seven foot wide truck.
Indeed, that's one niche that the HMMWV does not fill.

> I do think that the military was a bit
> short-sighted in replacing the 1/4 ton 4x4 with it, instead of using them in
> addition.

The US Army bought a vehicle from Land Rover, based on the Defender,
to fill that niche for Special Ops. So the 1/4 ton lives on in a specialty role.

Ben