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  • Made in Israel. In the factory of Plasan.

  • STOP! Stop posting anything that has to do with our Force Protection! The enemy DOES USE YOUTUBE! I know first hand, I have seen it on their computers during raids in Iraq and Afghanistan!

  • 5 Polish soldiers were killed today in the M-ATV in Afghanistan, honor their memory. RIP

  • My fucking Navy refueling (AOE-8) ship didn't list that far over on a full speed emergency combat turn...lol

  • I drove the MATV In afganistan they are beasts we pulled fully loaded 40' FB W/ Containers threw the mud at 60 mph and they go faster then they say in this movie

  • dakota31898.I do not share your concern for your "Defence Secretary" one Arsehole Rumsfeld,assured us at the beginning of the assault upon Afghanistan that the Taliban and Al Q had constructed huge underground factories in the Tora Bora mountains where they were busy producing all sorts of high tech weapons.So,it follows that they are ahead of the USA and do not need its technology!Perhaps the US can learn from them?!

  • just returned from afghanistan pretty badass rigs he said the top speed was 65? i had mine to 70 :D

  • I think that intro disclosed that location

  • I think that the humvee is lighter and faster but more vulnerable.

  • @CRBASF2 Your right, that's why we cant use humvees in afghanistan outside the wire anymore.

  • @Sudano66 But the hunvee is officially repleaced or not? because the hummer company has been bought by china and i would not like to see humvees made in china used on the us army.

  • @CRBASF2 All I know is the navy seals still use the humvee, not sure about where the contract went but I agree. Kinda pissed me off, the windows for the MATVs are made in pakistan.

  • @CRBASF2 The Humvee portion wasn't sold to the chinese but in iraq at least They aren't used except as base runners

  • @grandprix11 No, i mean that the Hummer company has been bought by China, so now they can produce it.

  • Canada may be buying 600 of those part of the TAPV project

  • rg-32 m galten is better than this in off roading and has more ground clearance and faster

  • At the oshkosh airshow they had this, and a racing version on display. I actually got to sit in one of these vehicles :D was freaking epic

  • Oh good fuckers I get out of the Marine Corps driving demolition durby humvees and NOW they bring out the good shit.

  • @BIRDDOG551 What bothers me is that they pretend this shit is all new when MRAP technology has existed for a long time. And the South Africans have a lot of experience with them in there wars in Angolo.

    So it was known what the dangers are in ambushes and what kind of equipment you need to counter it.Look up the Casspir South African vehicle.So basically US defense planners were sleeping and now they try to play catchup after thousands of soldiers have already died.

  • @Durendal33 True but I also understand how much this technology costs 450,000 per unit for the Oshkosh. The problem with the military is they at times lack the foresight fighting a guerilla war as we are a conventional military. Take for instance the amount of infantry in the USMC 18,000 when their are 200,000 marines. The rest are all support which is fine when fighting conventionally but when that changes your spread thin. In my AO there was an estimated 1,000 insurgents and there was only 55

  • @Durendal33 of us.

  • caterpillar engine?

  • No No my friend trust me you can plug your ipod in the 12v outlet, it really makes for good times listening to harvester of sorrow while fucking shit up with a .50 cal

  • You will fry your ipod if you use that 12volt outlet!

  • Ours are 150,000lbs with all our gear and they go 197mph and have wings you can attach for fly mode to keep up with the A-10s. we carry 41 M2 machine guns and 86 M249 machine guns with alittle over 1 million rounds of ammo plus we have our personal MK19s with us and thats another 600,000 rounds and those shower things you pull in a trailer and enough meals to keep us going for around a year.

  • We have had one that was hit by a 120 pound bomb that had enough concussion to shatter a guys camera inside the truck and still drove away...... It was leaking fluid like a sieve, and the tires were done for, but aside from a concussion everyone was fine. As for people who come down on it about the price, not only is fully loaded truck carrying about 2.5 million in govt assets (140,000 per soldier training another 12-20k in equipment plus life insurance pay outs,)

  • and with every soldier dead the govt misses out on potentially millions of dollars in tax revenue per soldier after they leave the military

  • @11b34 Damn. Glad you guys were ok.

    A buddy of mine was by a humvee after a patrol, they were fucking with him (he'd run to get in, they'd speed up...just fuckin around), and they sped up one time and hit a car bomb, blew the whole fucking thing to bits. He had to walk 8 hours in the afghan desert to get back to base. While I think the shit's overpriced (you could get it for cheaper), it's definitely worth it.

  • let try bringing our troops home as a way to keep them safe !...not building more war SHIT !...A THE CRAZY WAR TRAIN ROLLS ON !

  • 1:50-1:56 oh thank god finally i can recharge my ipod while bullets fly over me

  • way over priced. the damn thing almost flips over doing a slow turn and can only hold 4

  • Do not discuss vehicle vulnerabilities over the internet. Don't think the Taliban does not use open source information to use against us. Pull your heads out of your assess. You are endangering troops overseas by divulging how much HME is takes to destroy a military vehicle.

  • @dakota31898 Yeah okay there buddy.

    If the general public knows it, or gets it off the internet. Of course the opposition already knows about it.

  • iv had mine over 75mph

  • @crombieposterboy The military doesn't have hummers. Hummers are for the civilian world.. We have HMMWV's

  • These things are pretty nice. Only thing i dont much like about the is its like a blindspot on wheels. but i know im safe in it so that doesnt bother me much. and this thing is basically a giant hmmwv.

  • @crombieposterboy they DID. It's called the M-ATV. Why is this so hard for you to understand? If you watched the video, it's not necessarily the M-ATV that is expensive. It's the communications equipment and night vision that IS. The HMMWV carries the same or very similar equipment, including Blue Force Tracker, GPS, and either PRC 119's or 152's. I've seen the SL-3 and SL-4 lists in detail that prove this.

    I pay taxes too. The only time I don't is when I'm deployed fighting for your freedom.

  • These things are amazing, I miss mine!

  • @crombieposterboy yeah and what do you get when you buy 15 HMMWV'S? You get an outdated, flat bottomed rolling tomb. I've served in the military for eight years now, and have used both HMMWV'S and M-ATV's in the U.S. and Afghanistan. The M-ATV will run circles around anything out there with ease, and take an IED blast like a champ. It only takes 23lbs. of HME to catastrophically kill a HMMWV. An M-ATV can take over 100, and the troops will still walk away alive. Crombieposterboy, go elsewhere.

  • @crombieposterboy i was hit by two ieds in the vic. its a life saver . you cant put a price tag on that. moron. your welcome for your freedom.

  • @mcdemodog51

    It's very easy to put a price on that, the total cost of any training and medical care provided to a person during their lifetime. A K-12 Education costs about $8000 per year for a single student($104,000 assuming they finish high school), plus Basic Military training ($40,000) yields a price-tag of about $150,000.

  • We got these going more than 65mph several times.

  • hahaha the only important thing is the ipod charger

  • 32 seconds, fuckin a /:

  • @kenfo0 I Agree. You can't put a price on a life. Even if its 2 million its well worth it!

  • @kenfo0

    Was your bid for an comparably equipped MRAP vehicle less than $2 million/unit? Alternately, can you spec out a comparable vehicle that would cost less and still meet the requirements? Please share your insight.

    If we tax payers are getting fleeced by inflated unit costs we'd all like to hear your suggestions.

  • @dm aaahhh....i see. you're a "patriot". You think that questioning the theft the EISENHOWER WARNED OF (yeah, he was a filthy, lying, stupid, "commie" too, huh?) is un-patriotic and anti-intellectual? Now, you will scurry like the stupid queer you are with "uh...no ....uh...I'm just saying you should....uh....how come...uh....YER DUMM). Shove off you fraud. Take your jingoistic, fake conservativism somewhere like the frauds at the "tea parties"....they'll tell you you're special, dumbass.

  • @kenfo0

    Submit a bid for your own solution under the price point you mentioned.

    Alternately, you can spec out a comparable version and let us know. You claimed it can be done for under

    $2 million/unit. If you possess some insight on protected vehicle design and manufacturing I'd like to know.

    I'm not saying that the M-ATV doesn't suffer from some price inflation but there were 10 competitors

    and the competition was pretty heavily documented.

  • @kenfo0

    The military hides a lot of its black budget in the open budget through schemes like $400 toilet seats.

    The black budget is estimated to be somewhere in the $50 - $60 billion/year range which would account

    for large chunk of that $1 trillion. The remainder is probably attributable to hundreds of mutually incompatible

    accounting systems the different services and directorates use. No doubt there is fraud, abuse and inefficiency in DOD but that's endemic to every large organization.

  • @mar The govt of a free country has no right to hide anything not critical. To pretend foreign govts don't know our spending is a child's view of the world. There are spies and traitors all the way up to the WH. Your explanation of the $1trillion is directly contrary to what Rumsfeld said. He said "it is lost...no idea what happened to it.". "It's academic...". No, it is fraud and theft. It happens because people like you shrug and say "ah, $2million for a small truck...whatever.".

  • @marauder247 u forgot about the CIA agents use the black budgets to eat steaks.

  • @kenfo0

    Closing overseas bases sounds like an excellent idea. It would absolutely generate some savings

    though I think there are political entanglements given the amount of money US bases pump into

    the local economies. Base closure here in the states was hugely controversial and never really generated the promised savings. I would expect that it would be even worse with overseas bases. You seem to have a lot of ideas and I'd like to hear more specifics.

  • @marauder247 Neither I, nor G. Washington and the like, have any concern whatsoever about whether foreign countries want me to steal from my countrymen to give to them. I am NOT advocating downsizing the military at all. I'd rotate them through domestic projects...it would help their readiness and logistics. I am advocating we do not need bases all over the place, intimidating. Simply put out a warning about stern response, then back it up. Do you get the nonsense behind "contractors"?

  • Uhhh se ve que el agua no le hace nada, pero porque no le truenan una bomba a un lado para ver si sirve, digo seria mas practico que andarlo mojando

    (Uhhh is that water does not do anything, but because he was not a bomb thundering side to see if it works, say it would be more wetting tread it

  • Yeah. Nice vehicle. But.... Land  Rover.

  • @Spraycando By your age people think first before posting (not to look stupid) - 'Land Rover' is in wrong place here.

  • They're too light, the maxxpro dash's are holding up better, due to the fact that the maxxpro stays on the ground(albeit usually on its side) when it gets hit. dont get me wrong though we have both of them and i prefer the matv just for the ride lol

  • That looks like a beast!

  • wish i had my wrangler at that track!!

  • I have a simple question: Can't those tyres be broken???

  • I have driven and commanded both the 1151 HMMWV and the MATV in Afghanistan and would take a slightly improved 1151 over the MATV. It is obvious that the MATV was rushed into the field and has several defects as well as insufficient maintenance support.

  • @landopando I have repaired and rebuilt both 1151s and MATV.and i disagree,the MATV regardless of maintenece support ,which will get better in time,has a less body count then that steel coffin 1151.upgrades are easier to bolt and the new anti-VBIED netting system is holding up here in Kandahar and Wilson

  • is having an ipod jack worth the lives of soldiers?

  • @adam19delta

    Yes, Yes it is. Every soldier deserves AC/DC while shooting guns. YEHA!

  • this vehicle is an overpriced death trap. when fully equiped it has no room inside. there is no weight in the back, so if it hits an ied, it filps over and traps people inside the confined interior. there is a glitch in the fire suppresion system that causes it to leak and not go off. it is extremely top heavy and prone to rolling over. if something breaks it cant be fixed in the field. it has to be taken to a civilian specialist to be fixed and there arent any of those around.

  • @adam19delta Im a civilian specialist bring it to kandahar. 4/401st.we will repair and maintain,oshkosh,mantech,redri­ver,rangerland ...etc. your command needs to submit workorders,but quik fixes dont require much

  • This truck is a piece of shit! Been using it for 6 months now and it started out nice in the beggining but after we hit an ied we found out its a death trap. Theres no room for ammo so you have to stack it on the gunners platform which makes it hard or imposible depending on your size to exit though the turret while sitting in the back seats. If your a TC or driver you cant climb over the radio mounts unless you take off all your gear and wiegh under 150lbs.

  • @adam19delta your a boot idiot this truck fuck rocks

  • Hey, the iPod jack is very important!

  • Cool beans. Cant wait!

  • Wisconsin is no longer the dairy land!!!!!!!!!!!! 

  • mmm...sexy...and to think, all this week im going thru training just so i can drive one overseas in a couple months here :) ill let yall know how well it drives

  • I thank God for all of the men and women that serve in the US Armed Forces. We will pray for you and may God Bless each and every one of you. Thank you for your service. If you have any prayer request please can contact us at bellevue.org

  • what a waste of tax dollars.

  • like a battlefield volvo.

  • SOUTH AFRICANS and RHODESIANS were pioneers in this. There was no technology in ATV´s invented by Americans. The U.S is using old, time tested vehicle reformations, thats all.

    It offended me so much when I heard R.Lee.Ermey from Mailcall say the U.S invented these type of vehicles like the Buffel..

  • The M-ATV is the troop carrier every soldier in Afganistan wants to be in - its designed to protect against roadside bombs. Choice of firepower: .50 calibre machine gun or MK19 grenade launcher.

    This blast beater costs a cool $1.6m.

  • true, but they suck to work on

  • Great vehicle. As long as it keeps our troops save, its awesome!!

  • It better be able to charge my Ipod for $470,000 Better have TV's in the head rests too.

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  • Please be joking

  • Of course lol

  • Um, no.

    Because this wasn't designed for silly fools like you, 03SilverMustangGT. It was designed for warfare. Not cruising around for entertainment purposes.

  • It was a joke, it went way over your head kid.

  • i love that truck

  • The suspension for this is patented! It's called tak 4 it was developed by oshkosh and is also used in pierce fire trucks. And Who wouldn't want an ipod port in a bad ass truck like this listening to some gangsta rap or some classic rock or heavy metal gunning down some towelies

  • Towelies? Give it a rest you racist fuck.

  • A 12 volt plug to charge your i pod. Really usefull when your'e being shot at.

  • love the iPod bit

  • Why build M-ATV??... I mean, why not just put the upgrades in HUMVEEs??... It's much faster and wildly used..

  • Its because of IEDs, most of the troops killed in Iraq/Afganistan are killed by them. Humvees don't have enough armor or wieght to deal with them. This truck has a armored v haul to deflect explosions from underneth. Its also huge to keep it from being lifted up and flipped over by an IED. Hopefully it saves some lives.

  • @and2244rew this truck saves lives everyday! overseas! I work at Osh. Truck and build these in the Defense dept. yea they cost alot but they are worth every penny! I seen photos from soldiers overseas of there MATV hit by an IED and letters saying thank you for saving not just my life but my battle buddys as well! for what these trucks can take they are by all means worth it!

  • I watched the truck in front of me hit a 50 pound IED about three weeks ago. Every one walked out. I swear by this truck. Not just because i drive one. But 5 of my friends have walked out of the truck after beeing hit. Your right the humvees are not authorized to travel on any road in afghanistan.

  • No. The a HMMWV is not faster and is becoming less used. The military is about to cease orders for it. With new frag kits it is over 10,000lbs heavier than it was intended to be. It has become too slow and can barely climb hills now.

  • @03SN8K

    We haven't had trouble climbing moderate hills in the one I've ridden in, but this thing definitely looks better all-around.

  • oh well..... i still like HUMVEES..hehe

  • HAHA charge your ipod

  • $400,000 to begin with, shit i could make my own for that price. With no skill.

  • whats wrong with humvee? it does the job well. and doesnt cost as much as this thing

  • First, OSHKOSH truck is one of the Army and Marine Corps big truck manufacture. Producing equipment such as the HEMTT, HET, PLS, MTVR and LVSR. Dont confuse the name with the B'Gosh clothes maker. Dont believe the stuff thats printed in a magazine. The 12v outlet is not there for the troops to use. Its a plug for diagnostic equip. It can power any 12v device, BUT its prone to power surges and can fry an Ipod. The price of 1.4 mil is fully loaded with all the latest high tech military gear

  • IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO GO FAST! It's an ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE. Just goes to prove how stupid people on Youtube really are.

  • agreed

  • Yeah that's way too expensive. A cheaper option would be to modify a knight xv or something. That thing is huge with massive tires. I think it can go anywhere this thing can.

  • Dont get stuck on the price thats quoted. The high dollar amount is not just the base M-ATV. That amount is including all the high end military gear that is placed in it.

  • y'all can get bent i love this truck 1 because its totally bad ass and 2 it lets me have a JOB i work at oshkosh every contract that we get keeps me making money

  • please tell me this is made in america like the humvee and jeep were... hate to hear that we are importing our military vehicles and equipment... and how is this so much better than the armored hummer for what we have to pay for it?

  • oshkosh wisconsin my home state and my employer

  • hummer wasn't really designed for some of the stuff they're using it for. It's too vunerable to small arms and such. It's not an offesnive vehical it was made for support.

  • It is made in America

  • @03SN8K why does it sound like its made in iran or something? hummer is all clear to me

  • The names are all descriptive of the purpose or role. HMMWV aka hummer/humvee. Just the name was derived from the sound of the acronym. MRAP M-ATV, its an all terrain vehivce MRAP. So how does its name sound foreign? Its just a straight forward name of the vehicles purpose or role. Other similar names, HET- Heavy Equipment Transporter MTVR-Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement these names of different trucks are just the acronym of their purpose.

  • oooooouuuuuuuuhhhhhhhh

  • lol the i pod.. :)

  • not about going fast like he said

  • no good...what a waist of money...that truck look like from the 70's

  • Yeah it needs some rims and candy paint, what was the DOD thinking.

  • because its no aesthetically pleasing to 21st century standards its a waste of money? Get a clue, this was built based on needs from the front. The HMMWV, or Humvee, was not designed for IEDs or the rough Afghan terrain, whereas the M-ATV is.

  • Amazing.

    People in this country get all up in arms when you want to provide health care, housing and education "with their tax dollars", but have no problem with spending $1.5 million on one stupid truck or even $80,000 on one missile.

    God people in this country are idiots.

  • soldiers are a valuable reasource, i have no problem giving them the best protection availible. And the cold hard fact is the 4 men inside that vehical probably costed the military 2 million to train so it's a pretty good buisness decision as well. The military would rather spend money than risk soldiers lives. I would too.

  • This is not where I want my tax money to go... WAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY too expensive!

  • @OneOfaKind949 Its not like you actually have a say.

  • Really, all of this *this is as waste of money* is pathetic. Soldiers cost multi-millions to train invidually, along with time. If an E-6 Staff Sergeant is killed by an IED the military just lost 10 years and millions of dollars invested. Spend an extra 1.5 to keep him alive then not only is a HUMAN LIFE SAVED, but an investment by your tax dollars that continues to grow. As a soldier I'm so happy to see all of you people truly care to know that I'm getting the best life saving equipment.

  • @JTP709 Are you in Afghanistan? Im currently at Leatherneck

  • all at 0.5 MPG!

  • 32.8 0-60! even for war that seems kinda slow, i would think maybe like a 20 sec

  • The truck weighs 50,000 lb. 33sec isn't bad if you ask me.

  • @Corveette Damn that's fast...

  • It's 25k pounds. 0:35

  • An M1 Abrahms can go 0-20 in 7 seconds. That'd be funny if it was faster 0-60. It's only governed to 42 though.

  • ending was stupid....bu i want one of them trucks

  • The Obama administration, probably will want a hybrid version so that we can save the environment.

  • hahahaha

  • would you believe me if i told you they have a prototype?

  • wow i geuess the troops need some music when they are getin shot at lol

  • god bless america lol

  • We're not always being shot at and some convoys take all day to get somewhere. Imagine driving 12 hours without any music/dvds/radio.

  • lmao, loved the ending

  • thats alot of money

  • Is it armored underneath? If not, it's worthless.

  • the M-stand for mine resistant, and the hull at the bottom is v shaped to deflect blasts from underneath. The M-ATV class of vehicle is designed to be an intermediary between the light Recon vehicles(Humvee), and heavier and many times unweildy MRAP vehicles.

  • Actually the m stands for Multi-Purpose

  • Actually, the M stands for MRAP, which stands for Mine Resistant Ambush Protected.

  • Yes. It also has a V-shaped hull to better deflect any blast. Much of the humvee's problems wasn't exactly armoring, but the fact that a lot of the IEDs and mines flipped it over.

  • doesnt oshkosh make jeans?

  • doesn't oshkosh make baby clothes? Still, nice vehicle.

  • both companies are based in the same town. Technically their name is oshkosh bigosh or something like it.

  • The two companies are currently jointly developing the first MRAP baby jeans. It will be a lethal combination. No one will see it coming!

  • afghan and iraqis love this new car... it will surely fly very high when ran over road bomb!

  • and why is that funny?

  • $1.4 million for an armored ipod charger with wheels

  • I think you only get the 12v plug. ipod charger sold seperately.

  • man that 12 volt plug is the selling point

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