Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Which vehicle is better for infantry mobilization, Hummer or Willys MB Jeep?

I came across a Youtube movie about the Willys Jeep. Many of the comments said that The WWII Willys Jeep can beat the Modern Hummer, how is this true?|||Beat at what? I can tell you first hand that when you go anyplace with 5-6 guys your packing alot of gear, the flat fenders did not have to put up with the amount of gear a GI has to have on person now, the sheer weight would turn the jeep into a death machine, thats for the people inside.





No up armor for the Jeep, the Jeep engines were very slow and have no guts when 5 guys in 1945 so why would you want it? Sure they fit between trees but now they use Combat Engineers to clear the way (much more fun).





The H1 can pull just about anything a duce can (i'm not talking 5 ton stuff here) it can be dressed up and down from firtruck to pickup truck can you do that with a flat fender? no





Also when you look at all the options you can have on one its just "better" in every way, CTIS to inflate and deflate tires, tho the WW2 amfip DUKS had them. The up armor, air pressure pumped into parts for under water fording.





The Jeep was great in WW2, small cheap, they fit on the Higgens boats, but now, they dont work, can you see an IED hitting our troops in a flat fender?








They also were gas, that explodes, Desiel kinda just burns.|||Top speed for the Willys Jeep was 45mph; Top speed for the Hummer is rated at 65mph! Agility of the Jeep is rated higher than a Hummer...though not always!|||Jeep was designed and served well in WWII until it was replaced by the Humvee., Military needed something bigger than the Jeep. Hummers are for going to the mall. Humvees are military vehicles.|||The only reason anyone thinks a WWII willy jeeps can out do a Humvee is becuase of its size. yeah a jep is more manuverable when compared to a Humvee. its half the size. My riding lawn mower can go places my Jeep Cherokee cant, but I wounldt drive it to the store. Sayin a WWII jeep is better then a Humvee is like saying 1955 Zenith TV is better than a 52in flat screen TV, simply because you can stack crap on top of a wooden chest TV.

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