Why is M1114 production so slow?
Why has the gov't not bought up all the Hummer H1's and had them armored and sent the to Iraq? There is a war on. Requisition.
There are many companies that apply armor to vehicles. If O'Gara-Hess cannot meet the demand, why does the Army not contract with these other armoring companies?
Why has the Armored Security Vehicle made by Textron been terminated?
Textron also makes the Dingo Mine Resistant Vehicle. Why has the Army bought none?
The Swiss company MOWAG makes the Eagle armored HMMWV. Have we tried to buy from them? If not, why not?
The Turks make a HMMWV-based armored vehicle called the Cobra. Have we tried to get any?
The old Iraqi Army and Republican Guard had several thousand wheeled armored vehicles. Where are they now and what use is being made of them? The Army went into Iraq with tanks for its tankers and Bradleys for its mechanized infantrymen and M113's for its combat engineers and self propelled howitzers for its artillerymen, then when they tried to turn all these soldiers into Army of Occupation Constabulary troopers they discovered they needed a patrol vehicle. The M1114 was already in the inventory, so that is what was demanded. They did not anticipate the high demand, and they have not been flexible enough in procuring substitute patrol vehicles.
