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U.S. Military to Test New War Vehicles

Jalopnik.com reports that “the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has placed an order for militarized Toyota Land Cruisers, Hiluxes and Ford Rangers to use as low-profile but battle-survivable field vehicles. That’s provided the prototypes pass muster in military evaluations, of course.  

Defense contractor Battelle of Columbus, Ohio has been awarded up to $170 million to build “as many as 556 vehicles—396 armored and 160 unarmored—with most of them consisting of the Toyota Land Cruiser models 76 and 79 ,” 
Military Aerospace
 reports.  

That would be the beloved and boxy “70 Series ” in SUV and pickup-truck form.

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