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Another OIF US vehicle ID request
Frenchy
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Posted: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 07:46 PM UTC




Any info would be appreciated. I think this could be an interesting scratchbuilding project (even more challenging than a SF Dumvee)....
PS It seems that the vehicle on the bottom picture differs a bit from the 2 others (roll-cage set up + Mk19)

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matt
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Posted: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 11:33 PM UTC
ID'd!! http://www.chenowth.com/alsv.html
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Posted: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 - 12:28 AM UTC
Thanks for the link Matt.
I should have guessed that such a vehicle would have something to do with Chenowth ...

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Posted: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 - 01:36 AM UTC
While I have seen flash suppressors on M2s, I haven't seen that particular one. Interesting. The size of the gun (though a mammoth) shows how little that "mini-HMMWV" is. Also, seeing a Mk-19 (another monster of a gun) in the passenger seat is unique.

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Posted: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 - 12:01 PM UTC
Those are supposedly SEALs.

I don't think that is the ALSV. There is a LSV that seats eight instead...made around the same time as the DPV. This looks like the eight-seater LSV.

The bottom photo is a DPV, evident because the gunner sit in his high rear seat under a rollbar.

The photos show why the LSV idea is falling out of favor. Called Fast Attack Vehicles, these FAVs are great IF you know where the enemy is to attack so you can drive off a helicopter and attack the enemy. But they're torture as long-range Desert Patrol Vehicles, which is why the Green Berets prefer the "Dumvee," which is called "Ground Mobility Vehicle" as the official title, because the Dumvee hauls more and is more "truck" than dune buggy.

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