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GM Defense Delivers First Infantry Squad Vehicle to U.S. Army

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GM Defense Delivers First Infantry Squad Vehicle to U.S. Army
2020-10-27
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MILFORD, Mich. — GM Defense LLC, a subsidiary of General Motors, is celebrating the first delivery of the Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) – a light and agile all-terrain troop carrier intended to transport a nine-Soldier infantry squad and their equipment – to the U.S. Army as part of a $214.3 million contract awarded in June. GM Defense will manufacture 649 ISVs and will support the production of up to 2,065 vehicles with additional authorization over eight years. This is the first major award and delivery for GM Defense since the subsidiary was reestablished by its parent company in 2017.

The ISV is based off the award-winning Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 midsize truck architecture and leverages 90 percent proven commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) parts, including Chevrolet Performance race components. The 5,000-pound ISV was uniquely engineered to fulfill military requirements and designed to provide rapid ground mobility. The expeditionary ISV is light enough to be sling loaded from a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter and compact enough to fit inside a CH-47 Chinook helicopter for air transportability. The COTS parts, combined with the ISV’s innovative Rollover Protection System, will provide agile transportability on the battlefield to support mission success.
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I sure hope GM paid more attention to detail and realize they can't be building this as they normally do incorporating parts they know for a fact are terribly designed and have 0 chance of ever holding up. Last thing we need is soldiers to get into this thing and have a check engine reduced power mode because they continue to still use the same lifters that collapse and blow out engines!
 
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Pretty cool! Presumably this is not meant to be in areas where there is the potential for being shot at as it offers zero protection.

I wonder what else they are working on. The article says the 649 vehicles are part of the $214.3 million contract. Even at $100k apiece (and hopefully the military truck doesn't cost that much) that is only $64.9 million.
 
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This thing looks vulnerable to IEDs and troops riding in it are exposed to gunfire. On the other hand it is very mobile and light. More of a utility vehicle for support and logistics where it can deploy troops and materiel quickly.
 
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