>>1314822>What do you put in that thing? 2 hummers?This beast of a vehicle designed to kill 'muhreens. It is extremely sophisticated and costs between 130k and 200k per unit, depending on the version. There are M1161 utility version and M1163 prime mover for 120mm M327 Mortar. Total unit cost for Expeditionary Fire Support System is around million, that includes two M1163 prime movers, a M327 mortar and a ammunition trailer. The reason M1161 and M1163 exist is because crayon eaters needed vehicles that can be air transported internally by either CH-53E or MV-22. That French mortar is awesome and it completely incompatible regular 120mm mortar ammunition as it has rifled tube. General who selected it over far better competing products natually has worked for various defense contractors as consultant after his retirement from the marines, including for manufacturer of the Growler. Vehicle itself was absolutely oblitetraded by the competition during trials and actually failed many of its key requirements, several of those failures were so bad that rules of program actually demanded immediate elimination of Growler from the competition. So they had to change the requirements... several times. Probably the best part in it is the paint job. Regular camouflage paints used on ground vehicles turned out to be too heavy, as vehicle didn't meet weight requirement, so they had to get lighter paint.
