Posted: 9/17/2005 12:43:36 PM EDT
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I saw info about the top one a little while ago(I'm in the auto industry), then again last week. It's built on a Ford F250 or F350 chassis....can't remember. Seating is for four, driver in front center, flanked but two, and one in the rear, in a diamond arrangement. Looks kinda cool. Tall Shadow 
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Call me crazy, but why not go back to the old half-track design with tank tread on the rear instead of tires that will be blown apart from an IED? They can use rubberized tank treads so as to not tear up the paved roads if they had to. Come up with some sort of run-flat tires for the front? RPGs & IEDs are what's killing our vehicles in these urban ambushes, no? Is is so hard to design a vehicle to handle a RPG that weighs less than an Abrams tank? |
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That Blackwater-mobile is called a BearCat, based on a Chevy design, being purchased by the US Department of State for operation in high-threat environments. Bearcat |
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Glad to see my old employer so engaged in troop support. I pushed hard for that during my tenure there. GTRI is a great group of people. Maybe the high point of my long career. For the record, I was working for the Navy...not the Grunts. 
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Looks like a four seater. One concern I have is if those doors can be opened immediately (without the aid of mechanics/hydraulics). I wouldn't want to be in there if the vehicle was on fire (looks like the 4th seat occupant would have a lot of trouble evacuating). Just my two cents. Justin |
Coffin for a dwarf |
A broad shouldered one! |
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Looks like they have a hatch in the center and a gun turrent ring for the back seater. Looks like the driver has the toughest exit of the four. |
But you got to admit it's one hell of a vertical grip. 
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