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| Tango01 | 22 Jul 2020 9:36 p.m. PST |
… on Chevy Colorado "An arm of General Motors has been given a $214.3 USD million contract to build the U.S. Army's new Infantry Squad Vehicle, officials announced on Saturday. The U.S. Army Contracting Command–Detroit Arsenal announced the contract going to GM Defense LLC, a subsidiary of General Motors, for the all-terrain troop carrier…"
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mckrok  | 23 Jul 2020 7:49 a.m. PST |
A Toyota FJ70 would be far cheaper, require far less maintenance and blend in better. pjm |
| Tango01 | 23 Jul 2020 12:55 p.m. PST |
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| pzivh43 | 23 Jul 2020 5:17 p.m. PST |
FJ70's are not made in US, so why would we do that? |
| arealdeadone | 23 Jul 2020 6:03 p.m. PST |
It looks a bit exposed for an infantry mobility vehicle. |
| mckrok | 24 Jul 2020 7:12 a.m. PST |
'We' might purchase FJ70s because they are a better solution to the material requirement? OK, enough of the crazy talk. :) True, FJ70s are not made in the US, and that makes the military industrial Congressional Complex against them. The USG rarely purchases foreign systems, but does on occasion. The FJ70 is not alien to the US military as they already have them. I know from personal experience the Army was using them as far back as the early '90s. pjm
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