[Leisler]

I would of kept the jeeps and put the development money and billions spent into MRAPS. I can remember reading about them in the late 70’s in Rhodesia and thinking they were nifty. I guess our Colonel and Generals even post VN never thought they’d have a road mine problem. Even back then the African communists were double and triple stacking tank mines.

[Joe 6-pack]

Hindsight always is 20/20. If you go back to the late 70's, the US was still operating on the Active Defense doctrine which wasn't replaced by the Air Land Battle concept of the 80's. Virtually the whole of the US military was focused on the Fulda Gap scenario and a linear battle in Europe...ergo the Abrams and Bradley which would fight up front, and the HMMWV to supplant the Jeeps in the rear area.

It made sense at the time.