you guys are so blinded it's rediculous. all this whining and uneducated conjecture about "too much electronics to work on" and simply retarded statements that trucks are being "burned in place because they are too complicated to fix" is just sad for such a group of people.
cab too heavy? really - go add 3000+ lbs to ANY vehicle's sheetmetal cab and cab support system and see what happens. the add-on armor kits (to which are actually responsible for reliability issues) were a just band-aid and never came with any considerations to address the cab lift and suspension pieces. the new LSAC cabs have a new lift system designed for the higher load.
you have to raise the cab to check all fluids. well, no, you don't. and when you do a weekly PMCS, yes you have to raise the cab.
you turn a friggin' dial while standing on flat ground. that's actually a hell of a lot easier than climbing up and raising the hood on the deuce. how the hell is that a 'con'?
A/C deadlines a truck? yeah, usually. lets see, when you have an armored cab and must keep the windows up in order to survive a blast and it's 135° ambient temperature...... yeah, having a cab full of dead soldiers that over-heated isn't exactly combat effective.
A/C for troops in the back? are you for real? we don't roll around in a combat zone with troops in the back of soft-skinned cargos anymore.
engine too complicated to work on? well, i guess if you can't read it is. the new diagnostic equipment can diagnose a fuel problem, bearing, cracked piston, cylinder / injector cut-out, oil problem, and on and on without ever turning a wrench.
automatic trans causes reliability issues? like what? even if the trans took an electronic dump, it will still deliver engine power in limp-mode. it would take an additional torque converter failure (mechanically) to flat out disable it once under way.
CTIS has a fail safe and is light-years ahead of the -A3 system. air brakes are way more reliable than a single circuit drum brake system. rollability. relays. blah blah blah. you guys are really reaching. you sure you don't want to revisit that M48 vs M1A1 arguement again? because, most of those same "good points" apply. i mean, it's got all kinds of
electronic voodoo that will break and require it to be "burned in place."
the FMTVs aint perfect. there are several things that really piss me off about them (like the fact that you can't jump a vehicle w/ dead batteries and get all systems to run and charge the batts). but to blindly say that the deuce is a "better" choice for modern warfare? get real. put away your ignorance and go drive your deuce and be happy.