Yes I'm still alive. Been dauntingly busy with school work and the massive paperwork and headache of trying to enlist and get into OCS. Anyway, every now and then I go through the US Army's website and their photo collection. It is one of the best resources to get high-res images of current Soldiers and equipment. Here are some of the more interesting ones. I only added the links because they are high-res and I don't want to tie up any more bandwidth with huge images than I have to.

EOD Team of the year with a nice rear shot of the rear left side of a humvee.

NLOS test-out Now if someone only made an FMTV we'd be in business. This is the missile boxes for the NLOS system. They are fired vertically and then head to their target.

Fire Support Team Vehicles (Stryker) To my understanding these are the FISTs of the Stryker family. Kinda dark since its a sunset but still helpful.

My next humvee project... I wish. I've seen these in person and they are the most tricked out hummers (of any kind) I've ever seen. We are talking video screens and speakers in the trunk, video touch screens in the passenger and rear seats, a massive civvy radio console, the works. But still cool looking.

Humvee getting fake-blown up Interesting to see. A humvee being blown up by a dynamic pyrotechnic simulator in home station training.

As I find more, I'll post them.

Jeff

Hi Jeff
Ditto about army.mil ! The DVIDS is another great source for US stuff.

All hope is not lost : Trumpeter's future release (even if it is the 4x4 variant, it's a good start anyway )

Frenchy

Hey thats good enough news, I didn't know about it. Yea I've known about DVIDS but there is just so much stuff! Going through it takes forever.

Jeff

Jeff,
Your third picture are of tracjed M981 FIST-Vs, with AOA & cages, not Strykers... If you look closely and zoom in, you can make out the vehicle's tracks.

When it comes to the Stryker FOV, it is actuality hard to tell the Stryker FSV and a RV apart without looking at the bumper numbers and having LRAS or Arty designation system mounted on the vehicle.
FWIW
John

Agree on the M981 FIST-Vs.

Also, the NLOS rocket/missile boxes are not fired off the FMTV. They are transported to a launch area, then off-loaded and fired off the ground. The idea is to be able to truck or airlift them into remote areas to provide rocket/missile support for light forces and SF types.

Thanks for the correction, I didn't see the tracks. I knew NLOS was not on an FMTV, but it is still an interesting picture and model reference once an FMTV is made.

Jeff