[MtnGoat]

OMG really.. That thing looks like a puce of crap. Some years ago..say 2005 Bragg had a USSSOCOM new Vehicle "show". There was this one that was made by a Germany company that looked like a cross with a GMV & range rover that RRD uses. The nice thing was the M2 fell forward into a "tray" shaped like the M2 on the roof. Soldier just had to pull it up once the MH-47 landed, pop some pins in and load it. Game on.

I like the MATV updated model, I think we need vehicle for blast protection and then something along the lines of the GMV. GMV is a great fighting platform vehicle. The biggest problem with the MRAPs is they don't allow soldiers to fire from. USSOCOM needs to make the MATV needs a long back end for a MEDAVEC platform. I liked they way USSOCOM took the base model and updated it, place SOF add-ons, etc.

I don't know why people don't ask the end user what is needed with anything new.

Just like getting the Razors.. Great addition but I guess people only looked at the fact of what the ATVs were or did. Not the facts that we SOF ran with M240 on swing arms to medic litters on the front and rear to Commo & etc. I see nothing except a sand painted Razor with recovery add-ons.