US Special Operators Demand More Firepower and Protection for Their Newest Battle Buggies

[rangerrebew]

US Special Operators Demand More Firepower and Protection for Their Newest Battle Buggies

Special Operations Command is spending millions on new turrets amid reports that the vehicles are too vulnerable for actual combat.
By Joseph TrevithickJanuary 26, 2018



U.S. Special Operations Command is planning to spend millions to refit a number of its newest light vehicles, known as the Ground Mobility Vehicle 1.1, or GMV 1.1, with new turrets with better protection or remote weapon stations armed with machine guns and guided anti-tank missiles. The new details have emerged after a scathing media report suggesting that Marine special operators in particular think vehicle is virtually useless its present configuration due to its limited defenses.

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/18017/us-special-operators-demand-more-firepower-and-protection-for-their-newest-battle-buggies

[sneakypete]

Tanks are "special operations vehicles"?

Since when?

And the last time I heard,the only Special Operations people in the USMC were the guys in Force Recon,although I have heard Marines make the claim that "ALL Marines are Special Operations troops!"

Marines are so full of crap.

[Suppressed]

Far from a tank.  Even with a turret, it would be an (un)armored car.