humvee replacement part 1

[MrClownshoe]

I like humvees.. not in theater. getting shot up and blown up is not a fun time. so M-ATV's and such like it are very nice.

[DontFUckWitUSA]

Problem solved, just use one of the many MRAP platforms to better suit there needs.

[flammabletube]

Still dont know why they will not try out the Australian built Bushmaster not 1 Australian soldier has been killed in a Bushmaster in an IED event

[gabriel55555555]

just go for the KMW Fennek or KMW Dingo,

best option so far

[97devilpup]

so you guys know they did a couple updates including taking the open turrent off and putting a remote control turrent inside... the gunner is located in the back so hes playing a video game kinda

[Phantasmos]

jajajaja, lets just recall all the M113's and retrofit them with new tech - bet ya they can take on this machine and the stryker on a road test....

[popmihai2000]

thats a huge target, especialy in narrow streets

[Sparty1234561]

That thing has an open top turret, really they did'nt really learned their lessons.

just simply throw in a grenade on top of that, and say goodbye to the whole crew inside.

[Gordonalways1]

@Sparty1234561

Combat is about risks. I could argue that you wouldnt get a grenade dropped in the top if you never went to war but sacrifices have to be made.

[NickHey]

Blah blah blah blah blah. How many talking heads do you need? never even saw the car properly at all

[thermon12]

perfect family suv

[O7ROADKING]

we dont need all these behemoths bring back the ww2 jeep. these monsters give false security soldiers need to be out in the open and totally aware of there surrounding.there are places you can use these trucks but they should not be the norm

[forrest225]

@O7ROADKING I disagree, the are moving to these because of the huge number of IED's in Iraq. If you were going into an IED infested area wouldn't you want an armored vehicle over an open jeep? Awareness wont help you when the IED is buried under the road.

[op665]

bullshit the humvee couldn't make it up that hill...i could make it up that hill with a ford focus. you want to really prove its worth then show a video of them test driving the shit outta it. I want to see roll overs, shocks breaking, an combat experience.

[attyjuan]

C'mon man, we're neither stupid nor blind. The narrator at the beginning said "this is the up-armored high mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicle commonly known as the hummvee". That's not the up-armored variant! There isn't an armor on that thing! The producer couldn't get the up-armored type that's why he just lied to us instead trying to make a fool out of us. It's a simple hmmwv infantry carrier from the marines designated as the m998.

[REAL4wd]

how hard is it for those fucking muslims to use extra 2 pound ied? not hard , come on making your truck bigger is not the answer, its not gonna help, its just extra $ that we have to pay

[ww2footage]

they can transform half of humvees to humvee cobra or similar ,or make 6x6 wheeled up-armored humvee

[ww2footage]

they can transform half of humvees to humvee cobra or similar

[swatman112]

Its HMMWV, just for the record.

[conza410]

i think that whoever thought of the idea to make the humvee an APC has just totally ruined the whole conceped of what a humvee is.

[68spc]

The current production of Oshkosh M-ATV fits the mold of this type of vehicle. As far as replacing the Hummer, it will just be upfitted to better suit its designed roll. As a light, unarmored transport for troops and equipment, just like the Jeep it replaced.

[lrcdert2010]

Their is over 150,000 humvees,I don't think their going to be replaced.

[wolfyys]

LOL these arnt true hmmwv replacements.

These are just wheeled APCs.

The entire US military is slowly going armoured, any more and they'll find its too heavy and too difficult to move reliably.

Half of the supposed HMMWV replacements are so big and heavy they may as well replace the Humvee with Strykers.

[golferchin76]

@wolfyys i agree. the cost of this one unit, who knows could be more expensive than a Stryker, if not then personnel/dollar or firepower/dollar,etc bang for the buck factor the Stryker might be a way to go.

Also, whenever a wheeled vehicle hit an IDE, often time the blast will destroy a wheel or more and shrapnel will just render the engine useless, leaving soldiers on the ground. a 6-8 wheeled armored personnel carrier really works more effectively.

[cassius969]

@wolfyys I dont think they will use these beasts everywhere, just on patrols where they expect IEDs.

[piloty5]

@wolfyys i bet they will get better with armor tech. as the need increases for extreamly light and fast but hevily armord vehicles rises

[Exyroin]

@wolfyys Yeah I can't argue with that, simply put though, if the "Humvee replacement" has an engine that sounds like a tractor trailer, than its anything but.

[nickflame9]

@wolfyys same with the destroyers and other ships, they are just to big and heavy and are being easily destroyed by smaller ones and armies

[Sherwin930]

i like the hummer better its iconic

[MrAMERICANxMUSCLE]

@Sherwin930 yeah but it dosent protect you as much as this, they arnt looking for a vehicle thats good looking and is iconic there looking for protection and safety.

[wolfyys]

@MrAMERICANxMUSCLE to be fair, the Hummer is very good at what it was designed for.

The reason its not doing so well in Iraq and afghanistan is because its being used as a frontline vehicle, which it wasnt designed for.

It was designed like the willies jeep and M151 to be behind the main frontline.

[MrAMERICANxMUSCLE]

@wolfyys well some of the more armored humvees arnt bad, but yes your right they arnt made for what theyre being used for, there wide so they can fit in the tracks of tanks, hence behind the tanks.

[HEINZUNIMOG]

stop all this bull just get rights to manufacture the Dingo 2 its what we need .

[Conservativepacheat]

theres no need to waste more tax money we has a new u.s.a made vehicle Oshkosh M-ATV , if you want to help the usa build factories to build t.v and p.c and all types of goodies to sell to americans and the world,like we use to! and stop buying everthing from china wake the f---- up

[uttchris]

he is talking bullshit

[otc4me]

Build em in Oshkosh, then you'd have something!

[trailblazerkid]

save the humvees and they are still thinkn about putin em they still make and got over 20mil humvees comming thoes suck

[GREYVOLKS]

Looks like a humvee on steroids

[MrAgent003]

It appears that MRAPs and M1s are getting blown up on a regular basis resulting in injuries and deaths. So where is the so called superior protection? The latest up armored humvees are more than adequate. The only sure way to protect everyone from an IED is to locate them in NORAD.

[fiveoscar]

On a regular basis? Where did you hear this?