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GM says it hopes the deal will save about 3,000 jobs in the US. Hummer will remain based in the US.

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
Problem with using a Hummer in a combat environ is that they're trying to use what is essentially a passenger car as an APC.

And they're using it wrong besides, the benefit of infantry is their personal mobility (which we screwed up by armoring till they can hardly move) and ability to find cover in any environment while being notoriously difficult to target and eliminate, which is why APCs are used to get em there AND have those handy ramps to deploy them as well as discourage them from lingering in what is essentially a magnet for enemy fire.

But no, we up armor the troops till it kills most of their mobility, then try to counter by using the vehicles, then up armor those till they can't hardly move, it's all gawdawful tactically stupid.

If you wanna do a tanks job, USE A FRIGGIN TANK, curse it.

But the chair polishers in their air conditioned offices are all politicians, not soldiers, and what they know of a battlefield environment wouldn't fill a goddamn thimble.

-F

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