Indeed, the Ripsaw isn't even in the same weight class as an M1126 Stryker Combat Vehicle or M2/M3 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle.Īlso, it doesn't carry the same firepower. For example, the Army's M1A2 Abrams main battle tank tips the scales at more than 70 tons. At 9,000 pounds, the Ripsaw is closer in size to the Humvee than a tank.
The company describes the 750-horsepower, optionally manned EV2 - which is capable of reaching speeds of almost 100 miles per hour and costs roughly $250,000 - as a "handcrafted, limited-run, high-end, luxury super tank developed for the public and extreme off road recreation."īut again, the militarized Ripsaw - a version of which is actually due to appear in the upcoming action flick, "The Fate of the Furious" (also known as "Fast & Furious 8") - is different and, of course, not really a tank, at least in the military sense of the word.įor one, it's too light. of Waterboro, Maine, is now selling to commercial buyers and featured in a new promotional video (see below). To be clear, the vehicles the Army tested aren't the same as the Ripsaw Extreme Vehicle 2, or EV2, product that the manufacturer, Howe and Howe Technologies Inc.
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