Military needs vehicle to replace Humvee, Hunter says

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Representative Duncan Hunter, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) in the US, says that the Army and Marine Corps need to develop a new-generation of vehicles to eventually replace the Humvees that are seeing so much duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hunter further says that the US forces need to be equipped with a vehicle that is sufficiently armored to withstand most improvised explosive devices (IEDs), the homemade roadside mines employed by insurgents.

Product development, Armored military vehicles, Armored vehicles, Military, Armoured military vehicles

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Combat gear reset will face 'ongoing, long-term challenges'

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The wear-out rate of equipment used in the Iraq war by the US Army and Marine Corps is prodigious due to the prolonged length and pace of combat plus the hostile conditions in the Middle East. Replacement of such gear is planned for by the services but they will have to firm up their requirements and the costs before they can hope to receive approval of expenditure from the Pentagon or the Congress according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

Maintenance and repair, Military equipment, Combat, Military paraphernalia, Mechanization, Military, Iraq War, 2003-

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Force protection continues to improve, lawmakers told

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The Army and Marine Corps were able to continuously provide improved personal protection equipment to war fighters as more capable systems are developed as per requirements. This has resulted in a drop in the number of improvised explosive devices (IED) casualty rates in spite of an overall increase in IED attacks.

Usage, Safety and security measures, Body armor

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