Meet the GM Defense ISV Army Truck

[OldSolduer]

In 2 RCHA we used to do winter exercises for three or four weeks under helicopters and without any vehicles. The strange thing is you become acclimatized to the weather. I found that coming home afterwards I'd be uncomfortable by the heat of the house while I'd been perfectly comfortable in an arctic tent. (Except the air mattresses - I hated those damn things - always froze my shoulder and hip)

I felt the same after a few weeks in the cold. Now I am a HEAT SLUG!!!

 

[Kirkhill]

Bullets are more hostile than the weather. A vehicle that allows everyone to have all around observation and the ability to quickly return fire rather than sitting inside a box being perforated by rounds while you try to egress is better.

In 2 RCHA we used to do winter exercises for three or four weeks under helicopters and without any vehicles. The strange thing is you become acclimatized to the weather. I found that coming home afterwards I'd be uncomfortable by the heat of the house while I'd been perfectly comfortable in an arctic tent. (Except the air mattresses - I hated those damn things - always froze my shoulder and hip)

There are always tradeoffs, but IMHO the ISV is a perfectly acceptable option to walking for that wheels-friendly European road network some of you keep touting. BvS10 for off road bush etc sure - but remember they come in at contract prices for an all up cost of just under $2 million each while these ISVs come in at around $0.4 million. I think for a UOR purchase - its pretty good.

As much as I enjoyed being a youngster bombing around Calgary Trails by dark of night in an open top M151 in January snow, wearing a Korean vintage parka I have to note that in my short and entirely uneventful career I saw more hypothermia and frostbite cases than bullet wounds.

I even saw a hyperthermia case in winter - caused by overly efficient Korean war togs and over-exertion. The victim failed to ventilate appropriately and his chain of command, me, failed to supervise him appropriately. He recovered after about an hour in an ambulance and continued the exercise.

 

[KevinB]

these ISVs come in at around $0.4 million. I think for a UOR purchase - its pretty good.

say what? $400k for a stripped down Chevy Z72 Colorado? The US Army cost for the prototypes was 33k a pop

The contract cost down here is less than 28k

I’m really hoping you meant 40k Cdn not 400k