The JLTV program is in Engineering and Manufacturing Devolopment for the Army, Special Ops, and Marines to “replace and complement” the Humvee, according to the Wik. Funding history has been unstable, however.
I’m thinking primarily suspension. Obviously different tech and cost requirements. But aside from jokers with their own street-legal JLTV papiers-mâché,* what is new and nifty in the tech of these vehicles relative to road handling?
Neat vid from Lockheedon their entrant. Plus you get to see the official Marine “severe off-road track.”
*Had to look that one up.
Huh? Roadhandling? I was under the impression that for the last century, from the very beginning of motorized military vehicles, that there has been very little interest in suspension/roadhandling in military vehicles. Or were the war movies we’ve all seen been deceptive?
Judging by the vehicle in the video, they looked like they grabbed a few ideas from vehicles that were produced in South Africa, bout twenty years ago. The bottom is V shaped to channel the blast of a landmine and the wheels look like they are independently operated.
The back of that MSUV looked like its set up for mission pods, those missile launchers that they were talking about a few months ago. I bet they can climb mountains like billy goats as well.