Originally posted by Czechsix
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Other than the 8x8 tank trainer...any other AATV use in military?
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The demands of military operations invariably render commercial vehicles unsuitable for use "as is". By the time you allow for waterproofing, armament and commo gear, one has exceeded civilian requirements by light years/mass (and we won't even get into military procurement "gold plating"). Vehicle with some degree of origin in Real World designs that you can probably find images of with a little Google-fu include: Chenowth Fast Attack or Advanced Light Strike Vehicle (based, roughly, on their established off-road racing designs), the AAI "Barr Car", the "XR-311", the Teledyne Continental Motors FAV and, the USMC experiments with an M151-based FAV Anyone with time on M151 gunjeeps or M151C recoiless rifle jeeps in a combat environment can attest to how unsuitable such an inadequate series of vehicles the M151s were "outside the wire".Last edited by Tankguy; 12-03-2013, 03:03 PM.

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