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Offline Lloyd Smale

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Humvee's
« on: August 05, 2025, 11:13:44 PM »
see where the army isnt ordering anymore. there being replaced by a chev colorado based smaller faster unit and polaris razors. said armor doesnt mean much today with drone missiles and speed and agility would actually make them safer than a humvee. almost sad to see them go. theyve become probably more used and iconic than even the jeep
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Re: Humvee's
« Reply #1 on: Yesterday at 04:45:33 AM »
Might be able to get a used one on the cheap if you know where to look. The military auctions equipment off periodically.

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Re: Humvee's
« Reply #2 on: Yesterday at 11:28:37 AM »
  The military seems to be opting for 'lighter and faster"..  ..And it is doing it in tanks..just as I suggested.  all current Abrams models on freeze...switching over to the Abrams M1E3.

  Still 63 tons, but that's about 10 tons lighter than the original. 

  https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/army-news-2024/us-army-launches-fifth-generation-combat-vehicle-with-m1e3-abrams-tank-modernization-program?highlight=WyJjdXJ

  The Marines recently dropped the main battle tank (Abrams) from its TOE, since it doesn't quite fill it's mission..  However, they are taking a solid look at the new M10
   Booker, which the Army has refused. The Booker lighter (38T) faster, and still mounting a 105mm gun tube.

   https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=new%2C+lighter+tanl+for+the+army&fr=yhs-infospace-010&type=ud-c-us--s-p-b4edpid2--exp-none--subid-none&hspart=infospace&

  Now Ukraine has developed a system which they claim , allows an armored vehicles to virtually shed drone charges..  Latest iteration of the old see~saw again, I presume..

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0td45hNYpM8

  It's the ols story since the first tanks showed up in about 1917.  And old see~saw  better tank..better anti tank weapon..  better tank..better anti tank weapon.

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Re: Humvee's
« Reply #3 on: Yesterday at 11:53:02 AM »
see where the army isnt ordering anymore. there being replaced by a chev colorado based smaller faster unit and polaris razors. said armor doesnt mean much today with drone missiles and speed and agility would actually make them safer than a humvee. almost sad to see them go. theyve become probably more used and iconic than even the jeep

   The new GMs should have some armor, since they still have to deal with small arms fire, .22 to .50 cal.

  It seems readily apparent however, that the armor on today's Humvee is not adequate for today's weapons. However, it was helpful during the Iraq conflict !

    My Marine grandson shipped to Iraq in 2005...just in time to help with the "surge"..  On the way they stopped at Rota, Spain..to pick up some of the first armored
   Humvees.

  His first day in combat..and the crew dismounted, as they were fired on.  He climbed down from his 50 cal ring on top. Almost immediately an IED exploded..but it was the other side of the Humvee..  If it didn't have the armor up-grade..who knows.

   ..Another time, his Humvee was hit by an RPG..it hit the window opposite the driver..Grandson was up in the ring mount..the RPG stuck in the thick window lucite..then discharged.

  Their translator was seated there..took his arm off, and spread it around inside...they went back to theFOB..with the RPG stuck in the glass.

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Re: Humvee's
« Reply #4 on: Yesterday at 12:40:22 PM »
I hope the military is making Chevrolet make some drastic changes to the Colorado. An oil field company started buying them for their pumpers and they're not holding up in this rough west  Texas ranching country. Pumpers that work my ranch land say the Colorado doesn't cut the mustard.
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Re: Humvee's
« Reply #5 on: Yesterday at 03:21:52 PM »
My colorado looked great until it broke in half…

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Re: Humvee's
« Reply #6 on: Yesterday at 05:30:05 PM »
...And named COLORADO..the new home of lefties seeking relief from their mess they made, and left...in California..and  then brought more of the same to Colorado !

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Re: Humvee's
« Reply #7 on: Today at 12:15:19 AM »
the first gen colorados were junk. ones today are pretty highly rated for reliability.
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Re: Humvee's
« Reply #8 on: Today at 01:02:25 AM »
The Colorados the oil company bought and gave to the pumpers are 2024s and they're having lots of problems with'em. They're all 4x4s and they are constantly in the shop with everything from transmission to engine problems.
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Re: Humvee's
« Reply #9 on: Today at 02:09:53 AM »
When Toyota had a problem with their frames they replaced them, when Chevy had the same problem they hid the information and the owner’s ate it. No more chevys for me…