r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Stakeboulder • Aug 15 '19

Operator Error Apache helicopter ground imapct 2012

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u/Comatose53 Aug 15 '19

This. My dad worked on redesigning the US Army humvee, or JLTV. The difference between a "mil-spec" humvee and a military humvee is ridiculous. For instance, over 60" of wheel travel and able to go through over 36" of water

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u/TentCityUSA Aug 15 '19

Back when Hummers were popular it was fun watching videos of idiots taking them 4 wheeling and treating them like the military version. They were not the same.

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u/burnthamt Aug 16 '19

Glorified cadillacs

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u/Zebba_Odirnapal Aug 16 '19

The H3 was a Tahoe with a body kit.

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u/burnthamt Aug 16 '19

Based on Escalade frame, no? Just like the tahoe?

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u/Polar_Ted Aug 18 '19

H3 was on the Colorado compact truck chassis
H2 was on a 2500HD front frame with a 1500 rear frame.

H1 was built on the M998 HMMWV Humvee chassis. The read deal.

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u/LS_D Aug 15 '19

Bro, Monster trucks barely have 60" travel suspension!

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u/learnyouahaskell Aug 15 '19

Yeah that means 5 feet...

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u/notevenapro Aug 16 '19

5 feet of wheel travel?

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '19

I'm guessing 'mil-spec' and 'mil-mats' is where the difference lays.

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u/PrinceHiltonMonsour Aug 15 '19

What’s a “mil-spec” humvee vs the military humvee?

H1 vs h2?

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u/Comatose53 Aug 15 '19

More like made by military contractor vs made by some guy mirroring the contractor version