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Old 06-16-2021, 10:24 AM   #1594
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Originally Posted by btimbit View Post
Yeah, I'm still interested in what requirement we were filling

"Hey, we need a vehicle for situations where we don't need to get there quickly or reliably, and doesn't matter if we just don't get there at all"

but at least we learned from it and followed up with the LSVW 10 years later........

Bombardier totally saw us coming on the Iltis, not only were they terrible, didn't fit into any role, but when we licensed them from Germany, Bombardier had a price tag on them that was 5x as much as what Germany could build them for.
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