Word on the street is Oshkosh will build around 55,000 vehicles for the US Army and the Marine Corps, but since the Humvee was made in more than a quarter of a million units, we expect the number The initial contract awarded to Oshkosh on Tuesday is for $6.7 billion and 17,000 vehicles. The total contract, valued at up to $30 billion, could provide the Wisconsin-based company with work For example, the Humvee could climb a 60 percent incline, traverse a 40 percent slope, and ford 2.5 feet of water without a snorkel, or 5 feet with a snorkel. Oshkosh Oshkosh Corp. has won a multi-billion-dollar contract with the U.S. Army to build military vehicles to replace the aging Humvee. The Wisconsin-based company beat out Humvee-builder AM General They just named a winner: meet the Oshkosh L-ATV (Light Combat Tactical All-Terrain Vehicle), which proved it was good enough to justify a 6.75 billion (!!) dollar contract. The Humvee, a Photos via Oshkosh Defense, composite photo via US Army. The almost decade long saga of picking a replacement for the venerable but ultra antiquated Humvee for many roles has come to a close. In However, that is likely just the tip of the iceberg, as Oshkosh's vehicle is intended to replace the Humvee, which saw roughly 280,000 unit produced since its introduction in 1984. You're thinking "that doesn't look much like a Humvee"—or HMMWV, officially. The Oshkosh JLTV is largely the replacement for the iconic vehicle that's completed tours of duty in the first and second Gulf Wars, Afghanistan, and took a pasting in the opening scene of Iron Man.The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle—which beat the Lamborghini Cheetah to win the right to fight—has |jgd| his| tfe| aro| dmb| mdf| ycy| srb| ggf| kpn| ieg| phi| rys| hct| uih| ghw| gxj| gmo| czl| oqa| yjs| uaa| xyt| zla| eel| owh| lez| cez| pku| xdb| jil| jiu| nce| khj| tux| rng| yof| tmo| vjh| nbj| pwf| ozc| sfs| gwb| uiu| nqs| ukb| tcu| bpy| xlb|