The 12v plugs were added to keep the guys from splicing into the vehicle's wiring to charge their Ipods and such, like they were doing with other vehicles.

First, OSHKOSH truck is one of the Army and Marine Corps big truck manufacture. Producing equipment such as the HEMTT, HET, PLS, MTVR and LVSR. Dont confuse the name with the B'Gosh clothes maker. Dont believe the stuff thats printed in a magazine. The 12v outlet is not there for the troops to use. Its a plug for diagnostic equip. It can power any 12v device, BUT its prone to power surges and can fry an Ipod. The price of 1.4 mil is fully loaded with all the latest high tech military gear

"can carry four troops" They didnt count the gunner lol. I was a gunner. i was a people.

Its because of IEDs, most of the troops killed in Iraq/Afganistan are killed by them. Humvees don't have enough armor or wieght to deal with them. This truck has a armored v haul to deflect explosions from underneth. Its also huge to keep it from being lifted up and flipped over by an IED. Hopefully it saves some lives.

These things are amazing, I miss mine!

لماذا لا يوجد شرح عن كبينة السائق وعن العربة

Drove one of these for a year in the shithole/Afghanistan - Great vehicle! ... not that much room for the driver, bur can do a lot of shit. I only got stuck once, rammed a lot of shit, and went up some impossible terrain!. Love my MATV!

The two companies are currently jointly developing the first MRAP baby jeans. It will be a lethal combination. No one will see it coming!

love the iPod bit

Dont get stuck on the price thats quoted. The high dollar amount is not just the base M-ATV. That amount is including all the high end military gear that is placed in it.

i fell in love the moment i layed my hand on it

man that 12 volt plug is the selling point

Great vehicle. As long as it keeps our troops save, its awesome!!

lmao, loved the ending

These things are pretty nice. Only thing i dont much like about the is its like a blindspot on wheels. but i know im safe in it so that doesnt bother me much. and this thing is basically a giant hmmwv.

@crombieposterboy they DID. It's called the M-ATV. Why is this so hard for you to understand? If you watched the video, it's not necessarily the M-ATV that is expensive. It's the communications equipment and night vision that IS. The HMMWV carries the same or very similar equipment, including Blue Force Tracker, GPS, and either PRC 119's or 152's. I've seen the SL-3 and SL-4 lists in detail that prove this. I pay taxes too. The only time I don't is when I'm deployed fighting for your freedom.

Show de bola !

@11b34 Damn. Glad you guys were ok. A buddy of mine was by a humvee after a patrol, they were fucking with him (he'd run to get in, they'd speed up...just fuckin around), and they sped up one time and hit a car bomb, blew the whole fucking thing to bits. He had to walk 8 hours in the afghan desert to get back to base. While I think the shit's overpriced (you could get it for cheaper), it's definitely worth it.

@CRBASF2 The Humvee portion wasn't sold to the chinese but in iraq at least They aren't used except as base runners

FINALLY they can charge their phones and use afghan roaming instead of this expensive Milsat communication

@kenfo0 Closing overseas bases sounds like an excellent idea. It would absolutely generate some savings though I think there are political entanglements given the amount of money US bases pump into the local economies. Base closure here in the states was hugely controversial and never really generated the promised savings. I would expect that it would be even worse with overseas bases. You seem to have a lot of ideas and I'd like to hear more specifics.

@kenfo0 I Agree. You can't put a price on a life. Even if its 2 million its well worth it!

@landopando I have repaired and rebuilt both 1151s and MATV.and i disagree,the MATV regardless of maintenece support ,which will get better in time,has a less body count then that steel coffin 1151.upgrades are easier to bolt and the new anti-VBIED netting system is holding up here in Kandahar and Wilson

Hey, the iPod jack is very important!

i love that truck

We're not always being shot at and some convoys take all day to get somewhere. Imagine driving 12 hours without any music/dvds/radio.

The names are all descriptive of the purpose or role. HMMWV aka hummer/humvee. Just the name was derived from the sound of the acronym. MRAP M-ATV, its an all terrain vehivce MRAP. So how does its name sound foreign? Its just a straight forward name of the vehicles purpose or role. Other similar names, HET- Heavy Equipment Transporter MTVR-Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement these names of different trucks are just the acronym of their purpose.

Whaat about cupholders maanng

I have driven and commanded both the 1151 HMMWV and the MATV in Afghanistan and would take a slightly improved 1151 over the MATV. It is obvious that the MATV was rushed into the field and has several defects as well as insufficient maintenance support.

@adam19delta Im a civilian specialist bring it to kandahar. 4/401st.we will repair and maintain,oshkosh,mantech,redriver,rangerland ...etc. your command needs to submit workorders,but quik fixes dont require much

Oh and yes, I AM in enlisted. 44th Field Engineer Squadron. I served in Afghanistan for a 6 1/2 month tour.

Would love to have one. I'd drive it everywhere... although I don't think people would understand why I'm going so slow taking the on ramp onto the freeway... I'd piss off a lot of people taking 32 seconds to reach 60mpg and in many states I couldn't even do the speed limit of 70-75mph Haha. That's worst than a fully loaded tractor trailer.

I have a simple question: Can't those tyres be broken???

Wound one out yesterday to 60-63

@JTP709 Are you in Afghanistan? Im currently at Leatherneck

We got these going more than 65mph several times.

I kinda miss being a gunner in one of those

Actually, the M stands for MRAP, which stands for Mine Resistant Ambush Protected.

@CRBASF2 All I know is the navy seals still use the humvee, not sure about where the contract went but I agree. Kinda pissed me off, the windows for the MATVs are made in pakistan.

@kenfo0 Submit a bid for your own solution under the price point you mentioned. Alternately, you can spec out a comparable version and let us know. You claimed it can be done for under $2 million/unit. If you possess some insight on protected vehicle design and manufacturing I'd like to know. I'm not saying that the M-ATV doesn't suffer from some price inflation but there were 10 competitors and the competition was pretty heavily documented.

soldiers are a valuable reasource, i have no problem giving them the best protection availible. And the cold hard fact is the 4 men inside that vehical probably costed the military 2 million to train so it's a pretty good buisness decision as well. The military would rather spend money than risk soldiers lives. I would too.

@Sudano66 But the hunvee is officially repleaced or not? because the hummer company has been bought by china and i would not like to see humvees made in china used on the us army.

@03SN8K why does it sound like its made in iran or something? hummer is all clear to me

1:50-1:56 oh thank god finally i can recharge my ipod while bullets fly over me

It is the Baddest MRAP ever build

hummer wasn't really designed for some of the stuff they're using it for. It's too vunerable to small arms and such. It's not an offesnive vehical it was made for support.

I think that the humvee is lighter and faster but more vulnerable.

@CRBASF2 Your right, that's why we cant use humvees in afghanistan outside the wire anymore.

32.8 0-60! even for war that seems kinda slow, i would think maybe like a 20 sec

wish i had my wrangler at that track!!

@crombieposterboy The military doesn't have hummers. Hummers are for the civilian world.. We have HMMWV's

**undisclosed location** 30 seconds later discloses it

Hooah!!

They do 0-60 faster thay that. You can feel the torque put you in the seat when you gun it. Theyre no ferrari but that are pretty quick aswell.

He does not have the driveshaft ???

agreed

Uhhh se ve que el agua no le hace nada, pero porque no le truenan una bomba a un lado para ver si sirve, digo seria mas practico que andarlo mojando (Uhhh is that water does not do anything, but because he was not a bomb thundering side to see if it works, say it would be more wetting tread it

both companies are based in the same town. Technically their name is oshkosh bigosh or something like it.

@dakota31898 Yeah okay there buddy. If the general public knows it, or gets it off the internet. Of course the opposition already knows about it.

Yeah it needs some rims and candy paint, what was the DOD thinking.

doesnt oshkosh make jeans?

like a battlefield volvo.

4 in the truck 1 in the turret. friendo.

6 1/2 months? That's cute.

would you believe me if i told you they have a prototype?

amazing car, i would buy a civilian one if they ever do one.

@adam19delta Yes, Yes it is. Every soldier deserves AC/DC while shooting guns. YEHA!

But buddy here says it seats 4?

Have you been to Afghanistan? Because I'm here right now.I promise you, anything the Taliban wants to know about our equipment, or anything else we are doing here, they already know. We patrol their streets, and backyards like we own them. They know where we sleep, etc. Operational Security is a factor, but this video doesn't show anything that the "enemy" doesn't already know.

please tell me this is made in america like the humvee and jeep were... hate to hear that we are importing our military vehicles and equipment... and how is this so much better than the armored hummer for what we have to pay for it?

An M1 Abrahms can go 0-20 in 7 seconds. That'd be funny if it was faster 0-60. It's only governed to 42 though.

SOUTH AFRICANS and RHODESIANS were pioneers in this. There was no technology in ATV´s invented by Americans. The U.S is using old, time tested vehicle reformations, thats all. It offended me so much when I heard R.Lee.Ermey from Mailcall say the U.S invented these type of vehicles like the Buffel..

@grandprix11 No, i mean that the Hummer company has been bought by China, so now they can produce it.

Ummm yes, that is why it has a 12 V plug

made in of the turkey very goot.

yeah i could name a few cars thats not made on a assembly line and still does not cost that much

lol the i pod.. :)

dakota31898.I do not share your concern for your "Defence Secretary" one Arsehole Rumsfeld,assured us at the beginning of the assault upon Afghanistan that the Taliban and Al Q had constructed huge underground factories in the Tora Bora mountains where they were busy producing all sorts of high tech weapons.So,it follows that they are ahead of the USA and do not need its technology!Perhaps the US can learn from them?!

@OneOfaKind949 Its not like you actually have a say.

It better be able to charge my Ipod for $470,000 Better have TV's in the head rests too.

Actually the m stands for Multi-Purpose

No. The a HMMWV is not faster and is becoming less used. The military is about to cease orders for it. With new frag kits it is over 10,000lbs heavier than it was intended to be. It has become too slow and can barely climb hills now.

oooooouuuuuuuuhhhhhhhh

This is not where I want my tax money to go... WAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY too expensive!

ending was stupid....bu i want one of them trucks

mmm...sexy...and to think, all this week im going thru training just so i can drive one overseas in a couple months here :) ill let yall know how well it drives

Of course lol

It is made in America

because its no aesthetically pleasing to 21st century standards its a waste of money? Get a clue, this was built based on needs from the front. The HMMWV, or Humvee, was not designed for IEDs or the rough Afghan terrain, whereas the M-ATV is.

a million bucks a pop this war is costing to much

thats alot of money

I thank God for all of the men and women that serve in the US Armed Forces. We will pray for you and may God Bless each and every one of you. Thank you for your service. If you have any prayer request please can contact us at bellevue.org

Made in Oshkosh, by Oshskosh Union employees

It was a joke, it went way over your head kid.

Really, all of this *this is as waste of money* is pathetic. Soldiers cost multi-millions to train invidually, along with time. If an E-6 Staff Sergeant is killed by an IED the military just lost 10 years and millions of dollars invested. Spend an extra 1.5 to keep him alive then not only is a HUMAN LIFE SAVED, but an investment by your tax dollars that continues to grow. As a soldier I'm so happy to see all of you people truly care to know that I'm getting the best life saving equipment.

It's 25k pounds. 0:35

$1.4 million for an armored ipod charger with wheels

hahahaha

Really?. Because you believe that the Taliban don't have internet?. I was agreeing with you You can be sure that they have seen this video and read these comments. I was agreeing with you. I don't understand why you can not process that.

god bless america lol