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Old 01-04-2006, 03:23 PM
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Just down the road from me in Charleston, SC...a company has proof-of-concept vehicles that cruise at 65 mph and carry 10-12 soldiers. It also weighs about twice as much as a fully armored Humvee.

I think it gets better gas mileage than the H2.

http://www.forceprotectioninc.com/
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Ive sean somthing just like that already over there.
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Hey, as long as they are safe in them, thats all that matters.
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yea they look like they can take some hits
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They have some of those here at Ali Base/Camp Adder in Iraq.
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they have some of those at balad/anaconda suppose to be a new engineer vehicle
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i want one!
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Those are alot nicer than the FMTVs we up-armored last summer @ Anaconda.




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