Wednesday, October 23, 2019

The US Army Gets Ready For The JLTV

5,000th JLT manufactured (Picture source: Oshkosh Defense)

Defence Blog: U.S. Army prepares soldiers for new ground vehicle

The U.S. Army is actively conducting driver training as part of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) operator course.

Multiple units on Fort McCoy continues to introduce the new Joint Light Tactical Vehicle by teaching them the basic operations of one of the Army’s newest ground vehicles.

The JLTV family of vehicles is designed to restore payload and performance that were traded from light tactical vehicles to add protection in recent conflict, according to the Army.

JLTVs give service members more options in a protected mobility solution that is also the first vehicle purpose-built for modern battlefield networks.

JLTV operator training at Fort McCoy began in May 2019.

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Update: Army Test Drives New Combat Vehicle That Is Replacing The Humvee (ZeroHedge)

WNU Editor: 5,000 of these vehicles have already been made .... 5,000 JLTV already manufactured by Oshkosh Defense (Army Recognition).

2 comments:

Roger Smith said...


Why is everything a "joint" something or other?

Anonymous said...

The important thing is is it electric, zero emissions, no carbon tire print?