Motor: The Military's Incredible Hulk

US marine hate stupid land mine and IED! Assault Breacher SMASH! Assault Breacher 64-ton, 42-foot-long spawn of tank and bulldozer. RAAAWR! M1A1 Abrams tank chassis with modified turret and titanium-plated undercarriage. SLAM! Fifteen-foot armored plow with steel skis dig up land mine. Puny explosion only tickle! Humans drive Assault Breacher remotely if too afraid to […]
Photo Spencer Lowell
Photo: Spencer Lowell

US marine hate stupid land mine and IED! Assault Breacher SMASH! Assault Breacher 64-ton, 42-foot-long spawn of tank and bulldozer. RAAAWR! M1A1 Abrams tank chassis with modified turret and titanium-plated undercarriage. SLAM! Fifteen-foot armored plow with steel skis dig up land mine. Puny explosion only tickle! Humans drive Assault Breacher remotely if too afraid to ride inside. Many hidden bombs? Assault Breacher fire rocket-propelled line strung with 1,750 pounds of C4 explosive — blow up bombs before blow up marines. HA! Assault Breacher CRUSH other defenses like berms and ditches same way! You no like? Assault Breacher shoot you with .50-caliber machine gun. Marines drive Assault Breacher first time in December to DESTROY Taliban in Now Zad. Called Operation Cobra's Anger, but generals very happy. Assault Breacher happy, too — Marine Corps want 15 more. Each cost $3.7 million. Assault Breacher SMASH budget!

Photo: Spencer Lowell