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Old 08-30-15, 03:27 PM   #4
Platapus
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This is good news. In my experience in the military with the HMMWV was that it was almost good at a lot of things and not very good at a lot of things.

The designers, through mission creep, ended up with a vehicle with limited maneuverability that was already far too heavy for either efficient fuel economy and for a lot of terrain. A lot of the variants I worked with were too heavy.

Plus it was as uncomfortable and clumsy as an armoured vehicle... but it did not have any armour.

The people designing such vehicles need to have a photograph of the M151 MUTT hanging over their desk. Any design decision that varies from this design needs to be questioned.
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