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The Army's New "ATV" / ULV

Unread post by Mr. Recovery » October 10th, 2014, 3:55 pm

Well here it is at long last! :o What do you all think? :) These are the only 3 photos that were in the yahoo news article. It is made by Polaris.

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Here's a link to the article. http://gizmodo.com/the-armys-next-gen-c ... 1643912269


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Unread post by halftracknut » October 10th, 2014, 5:26 pm

Looks like it may be easy to roll over?
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Unread post by rickf » October 10th, 2014, 6:07 pm

I don't think rollover would be an issue, low and wide which gives an extremely low and stable center of gravity. My thing is with the presentation. It is shown with a mini-gun. Where are you going to keep enough ammo to feed that thing for more than about a minutes worth of firing? Other than that I know that Polaris is making some really nice and capable machines for the civvie market. Just looked at the link, 8 people in that! I think that is wishful thinking. It is bigger than I thought at 2 plus tons. I hope that un-named diesel is a powerhouse.
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Unread post by 04mustang » October 11th, 2014, 2:59 am

Just from my first looks at it....It will require brush guards over the front axles. Those boots tear and leak very easily. It has almost the same setup on suspension and axle components as any other 4-wheeler made since 2000. Not a bad design at all, just leaves room to improve upon is all. And as far a weight goes, my 2003 yamaha Grizzly 660 weights in at 700 lbs. and its a 1 seater :shock:

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Unread post by SNOOPY » October 11th, 2014, 4:35 am

looking at those wheels, I'm sure the Middle Eastern Allies in the Coalition of the Willing are going to love them...
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Unread post by Horst » October 11th, 2014, 4:46 am

I would for sure want one. But by the time these things are getting out of service, I will need a wheel chair and not an ATV
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Unread post by raymond » October 11th, 2014, 10:01 am

SNOOPY wrote:looking at those wheels, I'm sure the Middle Eastern Allies in the Coalition of the Willing are going to love them...

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Unread post by retiredpara » October 11th, 2014, 11:47 am

Neat rig. Def a better gun truck than the A2s were.

But unless this thing is covered all over in armor plate, with an ACAV turret on top, (which of course, would make it an usable pig of a machine), someone will write their congressman, complain that they are being sent to war without proper protection, and it will be a repeat of the "hillbilly armor" story/lie that was perpetrated last time. We seem to think that things should be for free, and that wars can be fought without casualties.

I think I have been on that hill. Looks like Ft Irwin.

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Unread post by whiterabbit » October 13th, 2014, 7:42 pm

Yep, I thought it was for the Israeli Military!
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Unread post by retiredpara » October 14th, 2014, 9:34 pm

I like it more after reading the article in the link above. Could make it a whole lot easier to get an element assembled and close to an objective than the good old fashioned boot leather method...
I take exception to not being able to fit a whole squad into an old jeep though...Sometimes we could look like a clown company with everybody piled up in those old rigs!

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Unread post by GerryM » October 30th, 2014, 8:39 pm

I don't know either I bet some M151s could do the same things with the right mods.
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Unread post by lpcoating » October 30th, 2014, 8:51 pm

Local company up here that makes the clutches for Polaris. I'm sure they were involved with this machine...
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Unread post by csmith » October 30th, 2014, 10:53 pm

Pretty cool, a pal of mine has been developing a similar and competing design for the same project for several years. Saw it last year but was asked not to photograph. It was simple, fast, light, had a mod stock high performance diesel and affordable...
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Unread post by HILLBILLY-06 » October 31st, 2014, 9:35 am

retiredpara wrote:Neat rig. Def a better gun truck than the A2s were.

But unless this thing is covered all over in armor plate, with an ACAV turret on top, (which of course, would make it an usable pig of a machine), someone will write their congressman, complain that they are being sent to war without proper protection, and it will be a repeat of the "hillbilly armor" story/lie that was perpetrated last time. We seem to think that things should be for free, and that wars can be fought without casualties.

I think I have been on that hill. Looks like Ft Irwin.
Hey, "aint nuthin wrong with a little hillbilly armor".... them modifications work best though, "when installed by us hillbillies"... LOL :lol: :lol: :lol:
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