The Avenger Gets a Serious Upgrade

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Check out this video of Boeing's pitch for an updated Avenger air defense system that Military.com's video pro, Glenn Anderson, shot during the Association of the U.S. Army's big convention in DC back in October. 

The original Humvee-mounted Avenger first entered service in the 1980s and was armed with eight Stinger surface to air missiles. As you can see, the engineers at Boeing decided to have a little fun in designing an Avenger on steroids. They put it on an Oshkosh M-ATV and equipped it with everything from a Bushmaster chain gun and various missiles to a laser.

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