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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jo4321: [QB] Dang, the one evening, I stayed away from the computer and missed that news. I had a GTC order in for $12.85 which I bought promptly at the open! Looking pretty bad today. Ray of hope is that it could be that the Marines are now posturing to get more Cheetahs, since they would have the maneuverability they seek. After all, look what that same General Conway is saying in this article from September: Test Drive Boosts U.S. Marines' Interest In Cheetah Vehicle Author: Kris Osborn Publisher: Defense News Date: 07/09/2007 Website: http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=2879605&C=landwar The U.S. Marine Corps may buy hundreds of Force Protection’s Cheetah, an 8-ton Humvee-type, four-wheel-drive vehicle with lightweight armor composites and blast-deflecting technology. The Corps’ interest in the V-hulled, raised-chassis vehicle intensified after U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Conway test-drove a prototype Cheetah at Force Protection’s plant in Ladson, S.C., June 9. The Cheetah would function as a smaller, more mobile version of the 16-ton Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles the U.S. military is beginning to buy. “I’m excited about the latest addition to Force Protection’s family of MRAP Vehicles, the Cheetah,” Conway told the Marine Corps News, an internal publication of the Marine Corps, after the visit. “If it proves itself through further testing, the Cheetah will offer the same survivability rates as its predecessors, but it’s also designed to be relevant beyond Iraq. The Cheetah will be easier to rapidly deploy, as it will be much more compatible with air and sea transport than larger MRAP vehicles currently in production,” he said. Overseas Interest The Marines aren’t the only ones interested in the Cheetah; company officials said Britain, Italy and Turkey are also eyeing the vehicle. In response, Force Protection plans to build a factory in the coming months and is now weighing bids by two states. "We are establishing a new production facility, where we will produce 70 to 90 vehicles in the fourth quarter this year, and be producing at a rate of 2,000 a year by 2008," said Mike Aldrich, Force Protection vice president. Conway went to the factory, which has built roughly 600 Cougar and Buffalo armored vehicles now in service in Iraq and Afghanistan, to see how the vehicles are made and to thank workers for building them. He was so impressed with the Cheetah that he started calling his program officials. Commandant Impressed “The commandant’s office called and said he has directed a lot of people to get serious about the Cheetah in a hurry,” said a senior Marine Corps official with the MRAP program office. The Cheetah vehicle is built for reconnaissance missions and faster-moving tactical, urban operations. At its top speed of 85 miles per hour, it also gets twice the gas mileage of a Cougar, another Force Protection vehicle. “It will be much more adaptable to maneuvering in tight areas such as urban environments and it does well off-road. The Cheetah has half the weight of the Cougar with equal protection,” said Aldrich. The Cheetah’s armor, which is intended to protect against up to 30 pounds of TNT, is designed, as is the Cougar, to accommodate add-on armor as newer composites emerge, said Aldrich. A prototype Cheetah has been blast-tested at Force Protection’s test site in Edgefield, S.C., with 15 pounds of TNT within 25 feet, and other charges directly underneath the chassis. “We set off a blast similar to an IED [improvised explosive device] under a minivan or pickup truck to show in a basic way what this kind of blast does to a regular civilian vehicle, then saw the Cheetah withstand the explosion,” said company spokesman Jeffrey Child. As an expeditionary force, the Marine Corps needs mobile, quick-to-deploy vehicles. “We are excited about the compatibility it has for rapid deployment,” said Marine Corps Lt. Col. Thomas Johnson, spokesman for Conway. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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