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I was thinking more of a sling/chopper mission not airdrop lol. Ya I wouldn’t volunteer to ride inside on that detail.

Ha! Very cool! So it seems we have dispelled the idea that it was anything to do with tanks, but could have been something to do with other trucks widths, but also to accommodate the running gear and be generally bad ass. Running my suzuki around the woods here in the PNW I can say that...

I believe aluminum was chosen for weight but it’s still an interesting choice because when you actually weigh the differences between a steel body car and aluminum you find that you dont save that much weight. In the humvee I’d guesss the savings at less than 200 lbs. but, that’s 200lbs of...

Hmm interesting about the track width. So how wide is the inside hump that the Abrahms leaves? Probably at least 7’ huh? I guess that makes sense about the 6.2 being only thing available although I have to imagine there was some sort of applicable alternative engine designs at the time no...

I heard recently that the reason hmmwv was built so wide was that in war times roads are made with tanks, and tanks are wide, and stuff that follows tanks has a better time if it’s wide like they are to match the tacks. Is this true? Hmmwv is supplied without bumpers, yet when it’s time for...