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| Experimental Crowd-derived Combat Support Vehicle (XC2V) |
We don't usually cover military stuff here on Awesome-Robo, but this was way too interesting to just pass up. As a result of Hummer going completely out of business
DARPA (Defensive Advanced Research Projects Agency), the US research & development agency for military purposes literally issued a public call for designers to create the look of the next multi role vehicle that would fill the role of the Humvee, with a $7,500 award for the winning design.
This is how the XC2V was born, designed via crowdsourcing with the purpose of being a combat resupply and medical evacuation vehicle. The vehicle looks pretty sharp, with a much more futuristic look than its chunky predecessors. The proof of concept you see above was the winning design submitted by Victor Garcia. Check out a bunch of other submitted concepts after the break!
The interesting thing about Victor's concept, that a lot of the other designers just completely seemed to overlook was a need to protect the passengers. No seriously, about 70% of the designs featured open cockpit designs that would completely expose everyone inside to enemy fire, bombs and shrapnel. For vehicles intended for speeding into warzones, thats a pretty hilarious oversight.
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| Welcome to Jurassic Park. |
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| AKA, target practice. |
And this is a work in progress video of the winning design. The prototype only took 14 hours to complete.
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