Warzone/The Drive: This Could Be The Armored 'Tactical Golf Cart' The U.S. Military Desperately Needs
Though billed as a border patrol and law enforcement vehicle, it could just as useful in for regular military and special operations missions.
Israeli firm Plasan has unveiled a new battle buggy that it says has armor that can brush off high-powered rifle bullets without any significant loss of speed or mobility. The company is pitching the design, called the Yagu, primarily for border patrol and other law enforcement duties in remote areas, but it could also offer a better protected, lightweight vehicle for certain conventional military and special operations forces.
Earlier in April 2018, Plasan unveiled the Yagu at the Expo Seguridad 2018 exhibition in Mexico City. That the venue was in Mexico, which continues to grapple with border security and drug, human, and other trafficking challenges, helps explain the marketing focus on Yagu as a tool in combating that kind of criminality.
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WNU Editor: No mention on how much each unit will cost, but the above video is impressive.
3 comments:
Looks too big to fit inside a V-22 or CH-47. But could definitely be slung. Drop in to a team in small arms urban combat? Which isn't really small arms anymore... Three guys total. Not real big on this one for front line mil use.
/Bet you'll see a few at China Lake regardless.
BETTER,
BORDER,
PATROL,
R,
Hell no, Spec ops don't want to stand out.
That is a cheap, bolt together startup, maximizing on profit by selling to people with guns. It's expensive junk!
"It's expensive junk!"
It's BS that this vehicle is suited to US Border Patrol. The Army has already bought a ton of these types of vehicles, and they've been a dismal failure in every theatre. No range, payload, speed, power for comms, or mine protection. Spec-ops refuse to use them, choosing up-armored Toyota pickups or hummers instead.
Plasan is probably just angling to get some pork barrel greenbacks. This particular Israeli golf cart is being pushed, simultaneously, in many US-centric defense media outlets. The vehicle may be junk, but boy can the Israeli defense industries coordinate a PR blitz.
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