Military Gladiator concept

[Dennis]

HUMMER 4.0?: FCA AND AM GENERAL PARTNER ON NEW MILITARY-SPEC VEHICLE
The Jeep Gladiator could be the perfect platform for the next tactical vehicle

https://autoweek.com/article/car-new...y-spec-vehicle

Fiat Chrysler and AM General (as in, AM General Hummer) have partnered once again, this time on a Jeep Gladiator-based “light tactical concept” vehicle called the Extreme Military-Grade Truck, or XMT. According to FCA, “This is the first phase of a collaboration that reunites two companies whose histories trace back to World War II.” It premiered at the Annual Meeting and Exposition of the Association of the U.S. Army.

FCA says “AM General identified the new Gladiator as the ideal platform to develop the Extreme Military-Grade concept vehicle.” They’re obviously happy about it.

“The Jeep brand has an important military heritage, so we couldn’t be happier that AM General expressed interest in creating the Gladiator XMT,” said Jim Morrison, head of Jeep Brand – North America.

AM General added a boatload of parts and accessories that would help with tactical communications and services. Some are custom built, and some are off the shelf. AM General also has the manufacturing experience to pull off such a vehicle that, for now, is in concept phase. It could be morphed into a personnel transport vehicle, a command and control truck or a hundred other things for military use.

Pending feedback, it could go into production as early as the second half of 2020 in both gas and diesel versions.