Cougar - HEV

The U.S. Military has a new vehicle for force protection. I first saw this vehicle on my new favorite show and since then its all over the news and other military sites. They say its as fast as the humvee, can carry more troops and offers better protection for soliders.

www.defenseindustrydaily.com...

Yeah, I have a thread about the Cougar and Buffalo on my site. One question that was brought up there was if it handled rough terrain as well as a HMMWV. Does anyone know? When posting on that thread I found some information as well.

In more than 300 attacks since last year, no Marines have died while riding in new fortified armored vehicles the Pentagon hopes to rush to Iraq in greater numbers this year, a top Marine commander in Anbar province said.

Brig. Gen. John Allen, deputy commander of coalition forces in Anbar province, said the Marines have tracked attacks on the vehicles since January 2006. The vehicles' raised, V-shaped hulls deflect the force of blasts from homemade bombs buried in roadways.

There's been an average of less than one injured Marine per attack on the vehicles, Allen said. There have been 1,100 attacks on coalition vehicles during the period in Anbar province, the heart of the Sunni Muslim insurgency.

Attacks on other vehicles caused more than two casualties per attack, including deaths, Allen said.

The Marines provided statistics for injuries involving the new vehicles, but they did not release the number of deaths involving Humvees. The Marines do not release causes of death because they do not want to give the enemy combat intelligence.

Cited from Danger Room

Looks like these heavy hitters are really helping out. Hopefully they can get enough of them over there.

Really nice, it looks like it is very protective and fearsome looking to boot. From the sources provided it really looks like the new Humvee replacement. I hope to see these in larger numbers our troops need the best there is.

Shattered OUT...

And with two AC units putting out 72,000 BTU should cause those soldiers to want to get the mission over (successfully I might add) so as to be able to enjoy the cooling.