Oshkosh has been building extreme heavy duty trucks since the beginning of automotive history (huge snowblower trucks are what I’m most familiar with).
So I’m inclined to believe this could be a good truck.
But, if someone offered me a free M151 or this new truck, I’d take the M151 in a heartbeat.
The site doesn’t say much about specs.
I have to assume the MIL insisted it be IED resistant...?
Oshkosh makes great fire apparatus too, through their Pierce subsidiary.
Bingo! It is a shame that Ralph Nader & Disciples and their Swing Axle boogie-man killed the M-151.
What does this new Joint "Light" Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) weigh? From the apparent external dimensions, it will have sling loaded rather than fit inside any transport helo or Osprey.
The old M-151 was light, cheap to buy, cheap to run, two would easily fit inside a CH-53 and with a trailer you could haul gear.
No, it was not armored. It was a LIGHT tactical vehicle, not a TANK! IEDs get bigger and more deadly a lot quicker and cheaper than "Up-Armor" is developed and deployed. Change your tactics!
Most of all change your Rules of Engagement. Send out convoys of M-151s escorted by ONTOS loaded & licensed to fire!
If we ever get in a fight that is not in an open desert, we might find ourselves immobile until engineers can cut down the forest. Maybe we need to insist we only go to war in places with open terrain...