Tuesday, December 1, 2009

International MRAP


I don't know if this would be a better truck for our troops but, man it's cool looking.


7 comments:

an Donalbane said...

It's even cooler than the CXT!

You could even drive that through Poly after dark!

Gia's Spot said...

Is the gunner (?) inside the vehicle or riding in the open back?

el chupacabra said...

This truck has a lot going for it- the seats are suspended from the ceiling so less blast force is directed towards occupants. The gunner is inside with a screen and joystick. Very smart that way he is safer and all his views are magnified.

Anonymous said...

Wonder if there's any development being done for unmannned ground transport vehicles - a UAV on wheels, you might say. Except that the vehicles could be driven by humans either inside the vehicle, or in another vehicle, or in a safe bunker. UAVs could provide escort support and relay telemetry.

If a transport was carrying sensitive materiel or supplies that should not fall into enemy hands, it could be rigged to detonate, or could be taken out by an armed UAV if the bad guys got possession of it.

It could reduce the number of caskets at Dover, and would really mess with the enemies' heads knowing that our technology would allow us to erase them without putting our soliers in hot zones.

Anonymous said...

Soldiers, not soliers.

el chupacabra said...

DARPA is spending gazillions funding exactly what your describing. Look on HULU there's a Nova documentary about the same. They have a competition every year. MIT and Chevy always has strong teams

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