For over 40 years, the Humvee has been the Army's go-to armored, troop-transporting vehicle.
But according to USA Today, the Army thinks the future of warfare is changing, so while the Humvee has served its purpose, it must go.
‘The Humvee is the quintessential G.I. Joe vehicle,' said Alex Miller, chief technical adviser to Army leadership for transforming its equipment. ‘It is the quintessential Army vehicle we've had in the inventory since 1985. So, 40 years of Humvee. It was good for what it was built for, which was high mobility at the time. It is not good for the fight we think we're going to be in.'
So we're going from these:
To these:
After watching Ukrainian drones turn Russia's slow-moving, armored vehicles into death traps, the U.S. military decided it needed to replace our current vehicles with something faster and more versatile for future wars.
Here's what they came up with as the replacement for the Humvee:
The Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) has been around for a while, and it certainly looks faster and more maneuverable than a Humvee, but it does seem to be missing something that might be important during a war.
A way to stop the bullets!
‘The vehicle isn't meant to withstand an attack,' the official said. ‘It's designed to whisk soldiers within a few miles of the front line and allow them to walk a short distance to the fight.'
It's also going to have some drones to scout ahead and look for ambushes.
Those are all nice thoughts, until the shooting starts, and then you can't help but notice, again, there's no armor!
But don't worry.
If the Army gets drawn into a real shooting war again, they have a plan already in place.
‘We'll buy something else,' the official said.
I guess if that happens, and they have to replace the ISVs, at least the generals will have fancy golf carts to take to the course.
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