New M-ATV mounter Avenger

[FireFighterHill]

http://defensetech.org/2010/12/03/the-avenger-gets-a-serious-upgrade/

Check out this video of Boeing’s pitch for an updated Avenger air defense system that Military.com’s video pro, Glenn Anderson, shot during the Association of the U.S. Army’s big convention in DC back in October.
The original Humvee-mounted Avenger first entered service in the 1980s and was armed with eight Stinger surface to air missiles. As you can see, the engineers at Boeing decided to have a little fun in designing an Avenger on steroids. They put it on an Oshkosh M-ATV and equipped it with everything from a Bushmaster chain gun and various missiles to a laser.


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[badga the badger]

cool. kinda scary.

 

[Tanner]

And if it has unshielded wiring/connectors like the current run of mil-vehicle programs, all bets are off for if functioning properly without having noise/signal issues...

'Tanner'

 

[TACTICAL6]

I'd like to see one of those on GL!

 

[wreckerman893]

Just a prime example of why this country is trillions of dollars in debt and climbing.

I'll bet not one branch of the service requested this boondoggle.

It is being built in the hopes that their Congressional Representitive can get the gooberment to buy it with more borrowed money.

When was the last time we didin't have air superiority over a modern battlefield?

The tail is attempting to wag the dog here.

What is wrong with the man packed, shoulder fired version of the Stinger?

Cost less, less logistics, and far less complicated to fix when it breaks.

Our defense industry has lost sight of the KISS principle.....our enemies have not......we build one super tank...they build hundreds of dumb, uncomplicated tanks. Check out the North Korean and Chinese armies.

Look at what happend to the Germans with the Panzer and Super Panzer. The Shermans and T-34's overwelmed them by sheer numbers and sent them to the scrap pile. Yes, we lost a lot of tankers doing it but that is war.

Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

"We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." Dwight D. Eisenhower