Posted by MoparNorm on Thursday, October 04, 2007 at 00:11:31 :
In Reply to: Norm, what are these units going to be used for? posted by jack cain on Wednesday, October 03, 2007 at 20:57:33 :
Well, we seemed to do OK, in WWII with Jeeps.....= ) But no, these aren't Tactical Vehicles. Right now we are buying overpriced, bloated, poor performing and low fuel economy Humvees to run errands and perform other non-tactical duties, it's overkill. From Jeep, "The J8 is not a front line vehicle. We just spent a week showing this vehicle at military shows overseas and confirmed that there are many uses for a light utility vehicle like the J8 behind the lines. For border patrol, police activities, homeland security, radio communications command vehicles, data acquisition, or just for getting people around."
The Jeep is small, nibble and more off road worthy than the bloated Up-Armor Humvee. AND the J8 is 1/3 the cost of a Humvee.
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