[PapaBear3625]

Joint Light Tactical Vehicle

I'd like to see the Army take a look at a slightly-militarized version of a 4-wheel-drive commercial pickup. A lot cheaper, the bugs have been worked out, and it's not like an RPG or IED wouldn't take out the JLTV too.

[moovova]

Speed
Forward: 70 mph (110 km/h)
Reverse: 8 mph (13 km/h)

Jeez...a man can run faster than that thing can backup. Depending on weight carried, possibly almost twice as fast.

[Waverunner]

I'm thinking that this would have better performance and if congress is willing to pay 400k for the jltv a megaraptor uparmored could give better pricing, runs on diesel, and definite moves a little bit faster. btw it seats four.

[SJSAMPLE]

They did, about 15 years ago. I think it was going to be called the Joint Tactical Truck but it wasn’t really “tactical”. Something like the old CUC-V trucks we had for support roles. No commercial truck would have made the cut. Consider that they’re migrating many roles from the HMMWV. Commercial trucks simply aren’t designed, built or configured for military operations.

[Drew68]

I'd like to see the Army take a look at a slightly-militarized version of a 4-wheel-drive commercial pickup. A lot cheaper, the bugs have been worked out, and it's not like an RPG or IED wouldn't take out the JLTV too

I see "tactical" Silverados all over Navy bases.