How the Humvee Compares to the New Oshkosh JLTV ( Joint Gentle Tactical Automobile ) – Hiya everybody you are watching the channel Navy TV, the venerable Humvee was first fielded to fight models within the mid-Nineteen Eighties. It had spectacular mobility; it was quick and very dependable.
However starting in 2004, the automobile that was designed for the European battlefield started to battle when it confronted a decided Iraqi insurgency that fought with improvised explosive gadgets, or IEDs. Quickly, photographs of burnt-out, twisted Humvees turned a logo of America’s battle to deal with a brand new, horrific kind of warfare.
The navy finally changed many Humvees with heavy-duty automobiles known as MRAPs, designed particularly to face up to roadside bombs. However they had been gradual, top-heavy and had restricted functionality off-road.
Whereas many short-term efforts to guard troops had been launched, the Pentagon was decided to develop an enduring answer. It first authorised the Joint Gentle Tactical Automobile ( JLTV ) as a program of file in 2006.
It took virtually a decade for the Joint Gentle Tactical Automobile ( JLTV ) to turn out to be a actuality however, in August 2015, Oshkosh Corp. was chosen over Lockheed Martin Corp. and AM Normal LLC to construct the Joint Gentle Tactical Automobile ( JLTV ) for the Army and the Marine Corps, a program that might exceed $30 billion to fulfill the present joint-service requirement.
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