07-02-2009
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Speaker of the House
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Member Since: Sep 2004
Location: Oregon
Posts: 925
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Re: Meet the M-ATV
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Originally Posted by John Drake
uh...I MUST be dropping a digit somewhere.
It's GOT to cost 47,000, not 470,000
Still 2244 times 47000 is 105,468,000
and 2244 times 470,000 is 1,054,680,000
Jesu, a a half mill per? Little high for a Super Jeep, yes? Even the Hummer H2 is only 65-70 grand nicely furbished.
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The vehicle is armored. As Steve points out a Humvee isn't going to protect the troops inside from an IED. These vehicles appear to be well worth the price.
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