Corps set to begin fielding ITV this summer

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The Corps will begin fielding its new Internally Transportable Vehicle, also known as the Growler, this summer.


Corps set to begin fielding ITV this summer
By Andrew Tilghman - Staff writer
Posted : Sunday Jun 8, 2008 9:40:19 EDT

Whatever you do, don’t call it a jeep.

The new the Internally Transportable Vehicle, Marine officials insist, is much, much more that that old, tippy, soft-skinned, World War II-era infantry vehicle.

Soon, Marines can judge for themselves.

The Corps plans to begin fielding the new ITV — also known as the Growler — in late summer, the smallest new vehicle the Corps has added to its fleet in years. Designed specifically to fit inside an MV-22 Osprey, it’s a big shift after years of bringing on more up-armored Humvees and massive Mine Resistant Armor Protected vehicles.

With features like back-wheel steering, a high-tech suspension system and a mount for a machine gun — not to mention a top speed of more than 60 mph — the Growler will be whizzing by the rest of the Corps’ overgrown, lumbering vehicles, making it the new must-have for every grunt unit that can get them.


Rest of article at: http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2008/06/marine_ITV_060808w/



uhc comment: Sure looks like an old M-151 to me -->

The article goes on to admit "On the ground, however, they’re soft and vulnerable. That’s why Marines probably won’t see the ITV rolling outside the wire into combat anytime soon.'

So. If you're building a vehicle for Ospreys that won't be going into combat, exactly why are we buying them? :shrug: