New 80-MPH Mini Combat Vehicle Can Be Dropped From The Sky

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http://www.businessinsider.com/navys-new-80-mph-mini-combat-vehicle-2014-4




Master Chief, your new combat vehicle is ready.
The U.S. Navy has certified the Phantom Badger, a 240-horsepower combat support vehicle that’s about the size of a Mini and tough enough to traverse damn near anything.

It’s designed to fit inside several different aircraft, including the V-22 Osprey, and airdropped to provide ground troops with superior mobility.

“This certification validates Phantom Badger’s versatile design while offering the warfighter increased battlefield access and deployment options,” John Chicoli, who leads Boeing’s internally transportable vehicle program, said in a statement.

The vehicle, which looks a lot like a squished HumVee, was developed by Boeing Phantom Works with an assist from Motorsport Innovations.



Read more: http://www.wired.com/2014/04/navy-phantom-badger/#ixzz2znyHkX7d

[Major Nikon]

1. I wonder where they got this idea...

[Downwinder]

3. Someone vacationed in a third world country.

[Sherman A1]

2. Works up to the point

of when it becomes necessary to up-armor the thing and the additional weight ruins the suspension and slows it down because it is being used for purposes other than for which it was designed. As was the HUMMV

[hobbit709]

4. Didn't we have something like this back in WW II?

[greytdemocrat]

5. Yep

[aikoaiko]

6. That's great. They rediscovered the jeep.

[Sancho]

7. Except that they'll pay a zillion dollars for each one!!