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From what I've been told, only the primary reserves are getting the milcots (silverado). As a comms unit out west, we have radio config'd milcots, and soon a line config'd one.
As for the comment about Humvees being better than Lltis, obviously you've never driven one overseas....Lltis won't get blown up by roadside mines, as that is a possibility with the Humvee. The Humvee hangs over the sides of the small Bosnian roads, which poses a major problem. The little Lltis scoots right down the center, no problem whatsoever. Sure, the Humvee does have some advantages, however the ones that save time and your life are what are important.
Overall, I'm not impressed with the milcots, as stated in another post, they aren't deployable overseas, you can barely deploy them in your own training area, especially if you have no hardpack. DND got a 5 year warranty on them, and if you get them stuck offroad, you're up s*** creek without a paddle, so to speak. I got a milcot stuck out in Petawawa, and we had to wait for recovery to come find us and pull us out, at which point we were instructed that policy on the vehicles is to call GM, and have them come and tow you out. Of course, if you've taken her off hardpack and gotten 'er stuck, you're SOL, because the warranty is void, and any damage is on DND. It's bad enough the reserves get the leftovers, now we have a chance to really get somewhere with a vehicle that will help us, the the gov't stiffs us again.....by spending more money than on the regs trucks.....make sense to anyone? hardly
As for the comment about Humvees being better than Lltis, obviously you've never driven one overseas....Lltis won't get blown up by roadside mines, as that is a possibility with the Humvee. The Humvee hangs over the sides of the small Bosnian roads, which poses a major problem. The little Lltis scoots right down the center, no problem whatsoever. Sure, the Humvee does have some advantages, however the ones that save time and your life are what are important.
Overall, I'm not impressed with the milcots, as stated in another post, they aren't deployable overseas, you can barely deploy them in your own training area, especially if you have no hardpack. DND got a 5 year warranty on them, and if you get them stuck offroad, you're up s*** creek without a paddle, so to speak. I got a milcot stuck out in Petawawa, and we had to wait for recovery to come find us and pull us out, at which point we were instructed that policy on the vehicles is to call GM, and have them come and tow you out. Of course, if you've taken her off hardpack and gotten 'er stuck, you're SOL, because the warranty is void, and any damage is on DND. It's bad enough the reserves get the leftovers, now we have a chance to really get somewhere with a vehicle that will help us, the the gov't stiffs us again.....by spending more money than on the regs trucks.....make sense to anyone? hardly