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Originally Posted by GreatWhiteEbola
Military grade refers to 5000 and 6000 series grade aluminum, primarily used by the military. GM and Chrysler have been using the same aluminum for years in their hoods and other body parts. GM has filed patents for their own all aluminum bodied truck, which we will see in the near future.
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"Military Grade" is just a marketing term, it's not an actual standard. Mil-spec or Mil-std are actual standardization terms used by the US military. And as Locke said, military spec rarely ever equates to highest quality.
In the end, just another marketing gimmick to feed the whole tough truck angle for all those manly men out there.