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On future battlefields, combatants might be rolling around in Tesla Cybertrucks instead of a Toyota Hilux. At least that’s what the brass in the United States Air Force believes, which is why it’s procured two of the all-electric pickups to use for precisions munitions testing and training.
The Army is using an unarmored GM truck to replace the Humvee.
These are truly strange times, but we can see how the Cybertruck would be favored by militaries and insurgent groups. After all, they’re gaining in popularity with law enforcement, thanks to their ability to resist some gunfire.
However, we’ve covered before how Elon Musk allegedly bricked a Russian warlord’s Cybertruck remotely. But militaries or insurgent groups could “jailbreak” Cybertrucks to avoid this in the future.
The two Cybertrucks are part of a 33-vehicle order for the Air Force Testing Center to be delivered to the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, reports TWZ after obtaining government documents spelling out the purchase intentions.
But the Air Force doesn’t necessarily want functioning Cybertrucks. While the batteries have to be removed, the trucks also have to be capable of flat towing behind a truck.
Interestingly, none of the other 33 cars, trucks, and SUVs on the Air Force order list have a brand and model requested, just the Cybertrucks. The reasoning, as spelled out in redacted government documents has to do with the “design, materials, impact resistance, and innovative technologies” used by Tesla to make the pickup.
The document goes on to say the military expects to encounter combatants in Cybertrucks because “they have been found not to receive the normal extent of damaged expected upon major impact.”
In other words, Cybertrucks have armoring not found on other consumer vehicles, so they make for an ideal budget fighting transport. This could mean we’ll see the Teslas with machine guns or rocket launchers mounted in the rear, like how the Toyota Hilux has been used on battlefields for a long time.
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