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Just a simulation.... no real FMTV was harmed.
But, there has been some deaths over last couple years in America with folk who had a blow out in a u500 Unimog. With this in back of my mind; while reviewing some things came across the below "blow out" driving vid. A device that might help obviously is CTIS, but many of the FMTV's out there have the CTIS disabled. Granted CTIS has been blamed ( but not shown /proven) to have been a possible fault related to why the U500's crashed. Also alot of us Civilians drive on used close to out of date tires so there is that issue too.
Though intended to RVers it might???? relate to use as well.
Question is though..... will there be any difference in driving technique in a blow out situation with having AWD on FMTV's?
. Is it possible AWD could help when using techniques suggested in the vid?
. Is there other completely different techniques taught by the military?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkwOE1yKY5c
Hope it helps someone out there get home alive or without hurting someone else.
But, there has been some deaths over last couple years in America with folk who had a blow out in a u500 Unimog. With this in back of my mind; while reviewing some things came across the below "blow out" driving vid. A device that might help obviously is CTIS, but many of the FMTV's out there have the CTIS disabled. Granted CTIS has been blamed ( but not shown /proven) to have been a possible fault related to why the U500's crashed. Also alot of us Civilians drive on used close to out of date tires so there is that issue too.
Though intended to RVers it might???? relate to use as well.
Question is though..... will there be any difference in driving technique in a blow out situation with having AWD on FMTV's?
. Is it possible AWD could help when using techniques suggested in the vid?
. Is there other completely different techniques taught by the military?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkwOE1yKY5c
Hope it helps someone out there get home alive or without hurting someone else.
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