U.S. Military Will Test Toyota Land Cruiser, Hilux And Ford Ranger As War Vehicles

[rangerrebew]

U.S. Military Will Test Toyota Land Cruiser, Hilux And Ford Ranger As War Vehicles
Andrew P Collins
Yesterday 10:17amFiled to: Toyota
 

The U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has placed an order for militarized Toyota Land Cruisers, Hiluxes and Ford Rangers to use as low-profile but battle-survivable field vehicles. That’s provided the prototypes pass muster in military evaluations, of course.

Defense contractor Battelle of Columbus, Ohio has been awarded up to $170 million to build “as many as 556 vehicles—396 armored and 160 unarmored—with most of them consisting of the Toyota Land Cruiser models 76 and 79,” Military Aerospace reports.
 
That would be the beloved and boxy “70 Series” in SUV and pickup-truck form.

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/u-s-military-will-test-toyota-land-cruiser-hilux-and-1784059421

[truth_seeker]

Didn't we equip the Iraqi "Army" with expensive equipment, before they ran away leaving the equipment behind for ISIS ??

This way, insofar as the muslim terrorists have used Toyotas all along since 9/11/2001....

they can use our captured vehicles for parts and spares.

We don't launch into space, outsourcing that to Russia. The Obama-Hillary legacy lives.....