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1 posted on 06/27/2011 4:39:29 AM PDT by James C. Bennett
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This proves that if you get away from the unions and bloated gold-plated contracts of the defense industry giants, small entrepreneurs can produce an equal or better product, on schedule and under budget.


2 posted on 06/27/2011 4:44:15 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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Cool! Does it come in red? :)


3 posted on 06/27/2011 4:45:12 AM PDT by upchuck (Think you know hardship? Ha! Wait till the dollar is no longer the world's reserve currency.)
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What or who is the crowd?


4 posted on 06/27/2011 4:46:09 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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Doesn’t look like a functional military vehicle


5 posted on 06/27/2011 4:46:09 AM PDT by bill1952 (Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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>>> The beast is named FANG, by the way (Fast Adaptable Next-Generation Ground Combat Vehicle)

Re-inventing the wheel. The problem was solved 30 years ago.

The good guys always win, even in the eighties.

6 posted on 06/27/2011 4:58:56 AM PDT by tlb
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I wanna see LAZERS!
7 posted on 06/27/2011 5:03:29 AM PDT by Tainan (Cogito Ergo Conservitus.)
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Almost reminiscent of the story of the development of the Jeep - in which a tiny, unknown, manufacturer (Willys?), came up with the quintissential military light vehicle in weeks, when the big ‘usual suspect’ military contractors had struggled - and failed - for years....


8 posted on 06/27/2011 5:05:06 AM PDT by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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That is a concept vehicle, it is not the real thing, nothing more than a fiberglass shell set on a dune buggy frame.


10 posted on 06/27/2011 5:09:38 AM PDT by org.whodat
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Its an ATV with a cabin?


11 posted on 06/27/2011 5:11:59 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (The storm clouds of war are on the horizon, 1939 is again approaching us.)
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Bastard spawn of somethin and a Pontiac Aztec


12 posted on 06/27/2011 5:12:19 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. N.C. D.E. +12 ....( History is a process, not an event ))
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I was out at the 9th Infantry (Motorized) Division in 1986 and saw all the “Fast Attack” stuff they were experimenting with. The original FAV sure captured everybody’s imagination, until they rolled over constantly with the .50cal mounted so high. Same with the HMMWVs with TOWs and those launcher/tracker units were EXPENSIVE.

Everybody wants to build a hella-kewl “military” vehicle prototype just to remind the public (and the DOD) that they’re still alive.


18 posted on 06/27/2011 5:33:51 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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Wow, the radio controller for this must be huge.


21 posted on 06/27/2011 6:11:20 AM PDT by Molon Labbie
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looks cool, but also a) vulnerable - no armor, b) weak - no weaponry, and c) clumsy - I imagine getting in and otu of it in a hurry, with full gear would be problematic.

may be great for the 4x4 crowd, but I’m not sure I’d like to be in enemy country in that.


25 posted on 06/27/2011 6:40:17 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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Where do you mount the CROWS?


29 posted on 06/27/2011 7:14:24 AM PDT by Little Ray (Best Conservative in the Primary; AGAINST Obama in the General.)
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I will take one with the digital woodland paint job and the Ma Deuce option.


30 posted on 06/27/2011 9:56:33 AM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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