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Snowmobile/Motorcyle Maker Polaris + NASCAR Tech
= Cutting Edge Special Ops Vehicle 'DRAGOR'
Reaganite Republican ^
| 16 October 2014
| Reaganite Republican
Posted on 10/16/2014 3:14:16 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
Apparently getting out of the jet-ski business opened up far greener pastures in the high-tech, 21st-century military vehicle market for Minnesota-based snowmobile/ATV/electric vehicle manufacturer Polaris
(who also produce Victory and Indian big bikes through their motorcycle subsidiary).
First they concocted a clever 2-man mini-jeep -the Polaris MV850- with computer-designed tires that require no air, able to operate even after sustaining damage from gunfire or shrapnel. They've also spun-out a line of small, lightweight military support/patrol vehicles loosely-based on their existing consumer products, including the MRZR in both 2-man and 4-man configurations.
But NOW they're getting serious: aiming for a Pentagon light-vehicle contract, Polaris has teamed-up with NASCAR builders (trucks and cars) Roush Engineering to engineer and produce a small, hyper-flexible (modular) ATV specifically designed for use by Special Operations Forces: meet the DRAGOR- this one can actually seat nine troops and their packs/weapons, a big move up from Polaris' current offerings.
DRAGOR offers radical all-terrain capabilities at full payload, yet a curb weight less than 4,500lbs (to maximize range of airborne delivery). The width of the vehicle is intended to allow quick loading
onto CH-47/CH-53 helicopters, or even sling-loaded under the UH-60 Black Hawk (can be air-dropped).
The turbo-Diesel V-8 allows a 500-mile range, and it can even mount heavy weaponry. DRAGOR lists for $149,000 a copy, and Polaris Defense reports that they've already taken an order from some SE Asian country.
Can you image in the little motorized brigade we could just drop into an isolated canyon somewhere... with the requisite Special Ops troops and a maybe one of those high-tech SOF K-9 units...?
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Military/Veterans; Science
KEYWORDS: atv; military; sof; vehicle
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To: Reaganite Republican
interesting...
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posted on
10/16/2014 3:18:28 AM PDT
by
BCW
(ARMIS EXPOSCERE PACEM)
To: BCW
Some of this stuff has got to eventually find it’s way to the consumer market... WANT! lol
To: BCW
DRAGOR
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posted on
10/16/2014 3:20:40 AM PDT
by
BCW
(ARMIS EXPOSCERE PACEM)
To: Reaganite Republican
Need three copies.
1 for bugout cabin and the 1 mile tunnel I’ll build , in case my casa is over run.
2. As my bugout vehicle to my bugout palace.
3. My ride to Tahoe
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posted on
10/16/2014 3:29:51 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: BCW
Bingo.
Slap two coffins on top to carry snowboards and gear...
Good to go...
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posted on
10/16/2014 3:32:25 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Reaganite Republican
150,000 for a souped up UTV?
To: wetphoenix
“150,000 for a souped up UTV?”
My company built a box the size of six stacked cigarette packs in a half inch thick housing that contained a relay and about six resistors and charged the Army $35,000 for it. Mostly, the expense is the customer’s fault. They demand sometimes ludicrous testing. There was, for example, no reason for the inordinately thick case. It wasn’t mounted in an area subject to shock waves and if ordinance exploded in the tank and killed the crew the fact that the box survived would not be relevant. Yes, you could pressure wash the inside and still use the tank, but there were a dozen better and cheaper ways to have done this. (Also, cost saving suggestions were actively discouraged by the company and there was no system in place to collect or evaluate them.)
To: wetphoenix
150,000 for a souped up UTV?
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Yeah but Obola can airdrop these to ISIS troops.
To: BCW
Where are the mounts for the MA Deuce? Should be top Center on the roll cage.
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posted on
10/16/2014 3:47:26 AM PDT
by
Candor7
(Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
To: Reaganite Republican
I just bought a new 570 sportsman last week & saw this on the website....I love the airless tires. Great products
To: Reaganite Republican
Not bulletproof or mine protected, so it won’t be adopted. After the Iraq war, regular HMMWVs are out, and slow, thirsty, personal mini-tank MRAPs are in.
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posted on
10/16/2014 3:48:32 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Gen.Blather
I suspect something like that but from the look of this vehicle it lacks any protection, it is rather heavy and it’s lower side geometry indicates poor cross-country capabilities too.
To: Vendome
for bugout cabin and the 1 mile tunnel Ill build , in case my casa is over run. You'd better get digging, then. You've got less than a year left.
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posted on
10/16/2014 3:54:35 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Yo-Yo
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posted on
10/16/2014 3:59:20 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: Reaganite Republican
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posted on
10/16/2014 4:17:20 AM PDT
by
tx_eggman
(Liberalism is only possible in that moment when a man chooses Barabas over Christ.)
To: Reaganite Republican
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posted on
10/16/2014 5:32:57 AM PDT
by
mabarker1
(congress, The Opposite of Progress.)
To: Reaganite Republican
Coming to a civilian police department near you
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posted on
10/16/2014 5:40:29 AM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
("He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative." G.K .C)
To: Reaganite Republican
Polaris + Roush = HOLY COW!
The only other question I could think to ask...
What kind of weapons will be mounted?
Mad Max ping..
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posted on
10/16/2014 5:43:02 AM PDT
by
moovova
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