Rambo's ride rolls out(Suburban assault vehicle not coming to a dealer near you)

CNN.com ^ | 8/7/02, 6:30pm | AP

[Rebelbase]

Ibis Tek's "Viper" supports a 50-caliber machine gun or 40mm grenade launcher (sold separately).

BUTLER, Pennsylvania (AP) -- The sport utility vehicle that rolls out of the Ibis Tek shop looks just like those driven by millions of soccer moms.

[Rebelbase]

Cool!

[Rebelbase]

I want one!

[goldstategop]

They say SUV's are like tanks on four wheels. Now they've finally made one that works like a tank, too.

[isthisnickcool]

Their web site here.

Interesting videos. Live firing.

[Constitution Day]

Oh... my... God.
I would trade in both my cars for that.

Unfortunately at a cool 1/2 million $ I don't think Santa will leave me one this year.

[Constitution Day]

You've gotta see this.

[Shooter 2.5]

"Boys and their toys" Bump.

[MudPuppy]

I want one, too....would make riding in the passenger seat sooo much more interesting!

Bet it would clear I95 in a hurry :)
Yee Ha!

[maxwell]

Bwahaha! Now if they could just do that to a Suburban instead of an SUV...

[Squantos]

Sales of the vehicles are strictly regulated by the State Department ......................The heck you say ?:o)

DOE has had versions of the Viper Soccer Sub for decades. First one I saw was at their CTA facility in Albuquerque in early 80's. Upgrades in place currently. Great for internal security at secure facilities, but a real pig on the open road.......

Maybe the new ones have been "corrected" for such handling problems with lighter modern ballistic protection.

Stay Safe !

[billbears]

I want one!! Imagine driving down 440 in one of these!! No more minivans

[Constitution Day]

Imagine driving down 440 in one of these!! No more minivans

I get this picture of you speeding along at about 90, playing "Ride of the Valkyries" a la Apocalypse Now, minivans running off the road in terror.

[redhawk]

I'm in the Army Guard, and I would love to trade my HMMWV for one of these!

[harpseal]

The DOD and several other government agencies have indeed had these for years but this is the civilian export model.

I do think they would help out with some of the traffic jams up here in the people's republic of Connecticut.

Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Boy is this the ultimate vehicle for road rage or what?BWHAHAHAHAHA!

[myrabach]

I want one of these!!! Only trouble is, if I had that fire power... I would use it! Often...

[300winmag]

I get this picture of you speeding along at about 90, playing "Ride of the Valkyries" a la Apocalypse Now, minivans running off the road in terror.

I do that now, and my vehicle isn't even armed. I alternate "Valkyries" with the "Miami Vice" theme song. :)

[billbears]

LOL!! Little ol' me? Never!! Now maybe with a little Iron Maiden it's a possibility

[Shooter 2.5]

I think the Somalis had a better and cheaper idea. Just mount a .50 on the back of a POS Toyota with a couple of RPG's for comfort.
Where this company is missing out on a good military contract is using the firing unit as a replacement for a machine gun nest. Our guys at the Kandahar Airport are using the same dig and hide technology that's been around for the last 300 years. A military camp should look like a battleship with prefab, hardened gun implacements. Just get a frontloader to dig down to install the unit with the machinegun at the top, level with the ground and the operator under the gun below the ground level. Running a .50 BMG or Mark 19 beltfed grenade launcher should be as safe as playing a video game.
What this unit needs from what I can tell at the moment is shielding for the axis motors.

[Shooter 2.5]

The soundtrack for "Conan, the Barbarian" is still popular.
I wore out two tapes and then bought the CD. It's now on my harddrive.
I noticed that when they ran the trailors for "Gladiator" before the movie came out, they used the music from "Conan".