And you thought the Humvee was tough?


There are almost 200,000 Humvees military trucks at work for the U.S. military forces and its allies since 1985. But now, a concept vehicle, dubbed ULTRA AP (Armored Patrol), has been unveiled two days ago at the "Modern Day Marine Expo" held in Quantico, Virginia. This vehicle has been designed to improve survivability and mobility in future military combat vehicles. The ULTRA is the result of the cooperation of engineers from the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) and, more surprisingly, from the automotive industry, including Dave McLellan, the former Corvette chief engineer for General Motors. Right now, the ULTRA is slightly larger than a Humvee and is diesel powered. But a real ULTRA vehicle for the U.S military will probably not be deployed before a few years.




More:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/index.php?p=21

Woah! :-o ...kewl

Yea, the car companies see another Urban Assult Vehicle they can sell to the people. What do you want to bet that "Ahnold" is first in line.

Sheesh :-P

Tj

just what i need for driving the kids to school and manouvering around the sainsburies carpark, i'll take 2 please