via Military Technology
General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) Desert PIRANHA 8x8 will be exhibited at this year’s International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) in Abu Dhabi. The Desert PIRANHA is a variant of the latest PIRANHA 5 specifically designed and built for the demanding climate and challenging terrain of the Middle East. It has been extensively tested under extreme conditions in the desert and rocky mountain ranges and participated successfully in summer trials in the Middle East.Read it here.
Sidenote: I remember this vehicle being pushed hard just a few years ago. As a matter of fact General Dynamics has moved onto a Piranha 6 and a High Tech Demonstrator. Why? Because of the below vid. This vehicle has been snake bit from inception...Kuwait was set to buy several dozen and lets just say that the demonstration was unsuccessful. Which brings me to the ACV. The vehicles that we're looking at will be outdated before we even buy them due to the delays brought on by the F-35 induced procurement train wreck. USMC procurement is broken....
