Polaris Has Gone Tactical - Eating Gators

Anyone seen the new Tactical Polaris Ranger? Straight out of Rat Patrol

Looks like a "please shoot at us" wagon, lol.

I wonder what the up-armor package looks like?

This is a paint ball wagon cause any sniper would wipe them out a small explosion would kill them and armoring it would make it unuseable

The gunner has the same problem we have quail hunting out of one. If the target is on the starboard side he plays havoc trying to engage it.

Any more pictures of this unit available???

It'd be great for my farm...but that's about it

They used the JD Gator, so why not the Polaris? I looked at both civilian models before deciding on the Ranger. It is IMO a much better machine than the Gator.

I would rather ride in a Polaris than have to hoof it around, uparmored or not.

Looks like the company is trying to get on the govenment teat with a faux tactical vehicle.

It may be an improvement over a Gator, but is still nothing but a golf cart. I can put an MG on my son's big wheel . Does that make it a "tactical" vehicle? Half of all this marketing to the military is to appease law makers who don't know crap about what is or is not a military vehicle.

lame.


Only 1 post plus the product name in your handle (Polarisiraq). Are you a Polaris factory rep?

The goverment could buy truck loads of them for the price of one growler.

You compare a 2007 product with a product that run through the trials in the early 90's at Fort Brag and was considered to be a one way use vehicle. The Gator is still a good vehicle and many of us would be happy to own one. It still has a good beer carrying performance, especially after the gross weight is higher than before for the 6x4 (close to 1000 kg payload). The 4x2 /4x4 versions have a lac of payload, if you consider a payload of about 200 lbs beside 2 people as such. May be for a meeting a 4x4 HPX Gator is a nice vehicle to look arround and can fulfill most of your needs of transportation during such an event. And their endurance is not to bad; many parts may be out of order and they still run. If the drive train stucks, just clean it with a hight pressure stean cleaner to get the dirt out. Thats it.
I would like to have a 6x4 or a 4x4 Gator, but they are too expensive in Europe (more than double the price the Army pays for them). There is no Army surplus. My friends and I myself are looking since years into the surplus lists: nothing!
Wolf from Germany

My vote still goes for the M274 mule with a .50 BMG mounted on it.

The mule is a nice to have. But Gators were not intended to carry a big 50. But they can carry Stingers and stuff like that. And their ground pressure is much lower than that of the mule due to its low tire pressure of only 0.2 to 0.3 bar. Every vehicle is made for the needs of its time.
Wolf

These units are pure junk. In SD alone we lost about 4 due to the rear diff housing cracking wide open(aluminum). I just finished replacing our rear diff at the shop after it split apart also. All we use ours for is driving around the motor pool to get trucks, ect. The NG is not impressed with them, I can't see them holding up to hunters let alone military field use. They are also really underpowered.

As I said, they were built to the requirements of the Army in the early 90's. And they fulfilled the requirements in the tests as a throw away vehicle. And to my experiance Gators rum more than 800 hours without repair, which is a lot for an one way vehicle.
Wolf

All I can see is these being used for is transportation on base. Pointless.