The Pentagon Slams Its Own Humvee Replacement as Busted and Bug-Riddled
According to the Pentagon's in-house watchdog, the replacement for the U.S. military’s Humvee is in serious trouble.
The new Joint Tactical Light Vehicle (JLTV) is “not operationally suitable” because of deficiencies in “reliability, maintainability, training, manuals, crew situational awareness, and safety,” a new report says. The vehicle is so bug-ridden that it requires contractors in the field to fix problems, and is so large and loud that it's easily detectable on the battlefield.
Defects To Go Around
Back in the 1980s, the U.S. Army introduced the High Mobility Multipurpose Vehicle-the Humvee. Designed to replace Jeep-type vehicles from the WWII and Korea Era, the Humvee had a V8 diesel engine, an automatic transmission, and was considerably larger than the vehicles it replaced. Although the Humvee thrived during many years peacetime, it suffered mightily during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, when the hulking vehicle was on the receiving end of ambushes and improvised explosive device attacks. These attacks highlighted the vehicle’s lack of armor protection, particularly against buried explosives.
The Humvee’s replacement, JLTV, is a beefy ride that's even larger than the Humvee. The JLTV is designed to keep crews safe against direct fire and IED attacks while providing power for onboard systems such as jammers and tracking systems. The JLTV comes in four versions, including unarmed General Purpose and Utility/Shelter Carrier vehicles, Heavy Guns Carrier vehicles armed with Mk.19 or .50 caliber machine guns, and a Close Combat Weapons Carrier equipped with TOW anti-tank missiles.
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Interesting. Up to this point I had heard such glowing reviews of the JLTV.
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Convair touted the B-36 as the "aluminum overcast", a so-called "long rifle" giving SAC truly global reach.
Size compared to a B-17:
Throughout its time in service, the B-36 was the subject of USAF lore, some apocryphal, some containing a grain of truth.
"If all engines function normally at full power during the pre-takeoff warm-up, the lead flight engineer will sometimes say to the Aircraft Commander (AC), 'six turning and four burning.'" Erratic reliability led to the wisecrack, 'two turning, two burning, two joking, and two smoking, with two engines not accounted for.'"
