Thursday, December 29, 2005

Republicans love the military

Mainly because it is a constant source of profit. How else can you explain this act of military procurement?
The Marine Corps is paying $100,000 apiece for a revamped military jeep that some critics call a rip-off of taxpayers, according to a news report Thursday.

The Marines budgeted to buy more than 400 vehicles, called Growlers, under a contract that could total $296 million including ammunition, USA Today said, citing Pentagon records.

Built by Ocala, Fla.-based American Growler, the Growler is made partly from salvaged M151 jeep parts and is available in several versions.

Four years ago, the Dominican Republic paid $33,000 for a version of the Growler, the paper said citing U.S. Export-Import Bank records.

A commercial version of the jeep costs just $7,500.
True, the Marine version has more bells and whistles but P-U-H-LEEZE! How much can you put on an unarmored JEEP that needs $67,000 more than the export model? No doubt the WSJ will soon list American Growler as one of the fastest growing companies in the US.

// posted by montag @ 7:09 PM
Comments:
The writer of this article knows nothing of American Growler or the vehicle, the $7,500.00 version is a kit vehicle. The vehicle sold to the DR was a border patrol vehicle that was built with vary basic capabilities. The Development of the Marine Corp version required many changes as well as basically redesiging the entire vehicle and it not the one sold in kit version nor the one sold to the DR. Get your facts straight before you write something.
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 5:02 PM
 

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