Wall-E is real, he is in the Marines, and he is packing a .50 cal (12 PHOTOS/VIDEO)
The Multi-Utility Tactical Transport (MUTT) is the Marines’ new best friend and it speaks fluent Ma Deuce. Moreover, it has a buddy with a Mini-Gun.
Developed by General Dynamics Land Systems, the MUTT is lightweight for a vehicle, weighing in at just 750-pounds. It is amphibious. It can use either tracks or low-pressure wheels to get through surf, sand and swamp. It can be loaded aboard most Marine aviation assets such as the MV-22 Osprey.
And best yet, it can carry up to 600-pounds of gear so Marines don’t have to, making it the 21st Century pack mule of a rifle squad. Plus, the MUTT can transpo large crew-served weapons such as the M2HB it is shown with. Currently being fielded by the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory is testing the MUTT’s use in the current RIMPAC exercise this month.
A second tracked vehicle project-—the Robotic Vehicle-Modular (RV-M)– is made by Polaris Defense/TORC Robotics and weighs in at 800-pounds. Using the Marines’ Ground Unmanned Support Surrogate (GUSS) autonomy package it can be a potent remote controlled heavy weapons carrier with Javelin anti-tank missiles, an M2 or other systems. In tests for RIMPAC, it is equipped with an M134 Mini-Gun because nothing says “come at me, bro” like a remote control tracked robot with a Mini-Gun.
Lance Cpl. Jorge Sainz, a rifleman with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Regiment, attaches the M134 Minigun to the Robotic Vehicle Modular system aboard Camp Pendleton, June 23, 2016. The RVM is designed to assist an infantry platoon by providing more fire power, bearing equipment loads and designating targets for air assaults. (All Photos: Lance Cpl. Frank Cordoba/USMC/Released)
Lance Cpl. Mark Oloughlin, an infantryman with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Regiment, operates the weapon payload of the robotic vehicle modular system aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Lance Cpl. Leonardo Reyes, an infantryman with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Regiment, controls the weapon payload of the robotic vehicle modular system aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Marines with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Regiment, execute a patrol exercise with the robotic vehicle modular aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif.. The system is still in development and will be used during exercise Rim of the Pacific.
Pfc. Jasper Jauregui, an infantryman with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Regiment, patrols next to the robotic vehicle modular system aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif.
M134 Minigun on the Robotic Vehicle Modular system aboard Camp Pendleton
Pfc. Edgar Langle, an infantryman with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, operates a newly developed Modular Advanced Armed Robotic System in a field environment at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 8, 2016. The system was built by the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory to assist Marines in carrying gear and clearing buildings.
Pfc. Edgar Langle, an infantryman with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, operates a newly developed Modular Advanced Armed Robotic System in a field environment at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 8, 2016.
Marines with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines Regiment prepare a newly developed system, the Multi Utility Tactical Transport, for testing at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 8, 2016. The MUTT is designed as a force multiplier to enhance expeditionary power enabling Marines to cover larger areas and provide superior firepower with the lightest tactical footprint possible.
Marines with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment tested new equipment such as the Multi Utility Tactical Transport in a simulated combat environment at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 8, 2016.
Marines with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment tested new equipment such as the Multi Utility Tactical Transport in a simulated combat environment at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 8, 2016.
No word on if the Dallas Police Department has one on order. (Too soon?)
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