For the pickup truck to appear on the battlefield, the scene in our impression must and will only be like this.
and such.
Or so.
That’s right, a group of tattered armed men squeezed on the back of a Toyota Hilux or Toyota LC70 pickup, holding an RPG or AK47 and driving quickly in the desert or in the city. So, have you ever thought about what a pickup truck should look like when it actually appears in the preparation sequence of the regular army?
Well, the order from the US military that General Motors received explains this problem well.
Recently, General Motors officially announced that it has won a contract for the US Army’s new infantry squad all-terrain personnel carrier, referred to as ISV, with a contract value of 214 million US dollars. Tactical Assault Vehicle.
According to the information provided by General Motors Defense, this brand-new all-terrain personnel carrier will be able to meet the needs of transporting 9 soldiers, and at the same time, it can be quickly hoisted by UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, or directly loaded into CH-47. The cabin of the Nukan helicopter is air transported.
For this requirement, the winning bid received by General Motors is based on the main structure design of the 2020 Chevrolet Correrado ZR2 pickup. It remains consistent with the Chevrolet Correrado ZR2 in terms of platform, power, suspension, etc. Like the Chevrolet Correrado ZR2, the US Army ISV all-terrain personnel carrier is also equipped with a power system of a 2.8L turbocharged diesel engine and a six-speed automatic transmission, with a maximum output of 186 horsepower and a maximum torque of 502 Nm.
In this way, 90% of the components in GM’s bid-winning scheme are directly derived from current civilian products. There is no doubt that this will greatly reduce the logistical pressure on the US military in the future. Based on the high-performance version of the Chevrolet Correrado ZR2, it means that its benchmark platform has the ability to traverse at high speed.
As for the design of the upper body part, GM completely canceled the upper body design of the ordinary version of the Chevrolet Correrado ZR2, and used a completely lightweight steel pipe structure to form the upper body, and adjusted the rear cargo box to meet the layout of soldiers.
The upper body feature formed by the steel pipe structure is also a standard weapon base station, which can quickly install different weapon modules according to the needs of actual tasks. In addition, the exterior of the body can also be quickly mounted with Kevlar armor to ensure the protection requirements of the vehicle when performing street patrols.
The traditional civilian version of the Chevrolet Correrado ZR2 is actually like this.
Therefore, after such improvements by GM, the Chevrolet Correrado pickup is no longer what it used to be, but has transformed into an aggressive armed vehicle. From a purely styling point of view, this is actually what a military pickup should look like.
It’s just that I don’t know how this good-looking ISV all-terrain personnel carrier will perform compared to the earthy modified Hilux and Luxun pickups.
