Rad Report: Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon LAPV 6.X

Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon LAPV 6.X Concept ready to blitz the front

by Noah Joseph (RSS feed) on Jul 6th 2010 at 2:26PM

Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon LAPV 6.X Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery​

Planning on invading something? Ze Germans have a bit of experience to impart, and it comes in its latest form as the Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon LAPV 6.X Concept. Unveiled at the Eurosatory defense exposition in France – so named, in case you were wondering, for Camp Satory where the French defense ministry used to hold the event – the up-armored G-Class is like the existing LAPV 5.4, but more... well, capable.

The go-anywhere, conquer-anything truck can carry 2,866 pounds of cargo over just about any terrain you can throw at it, reinforced by armor plating – including underbody protection from land mines (or perhaps more poignantly, roadside IEDs). It's got an on-the-fly adjustable suspension with nearly 18 inches of ground clearance, full combat communications and jamming system, hydraulic ventilated disc brakes and an unspecified common-rail diesel engine. And best of all, it's got orange wheels, but we'd imagine those would be a delete option for more covert operations. Check it out in the gallery below and the press release after the jump.


http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/06/mercedes-benz-g-wagon-lapv-6-x-concept-ready-to-blitz-the-front/

 

to bad no one has 300k to spend on a rock crawler that you wouldn't want to scratch anyways....