[teamveevee]

Originally Posted by GTO

In addition to Rehaans reasoning, it could be that, in the midst of combat, even an untrained soldier could drive off an Automatic? Versus a 8 / 16 gear manual tranny that requires an expert (double clutching et al)? Just thinking out loud, but when you have a scenario where many on your team could be injured....

Also it reduces the stress on the regular driver. In a combat, no need to worry about shifting gears etc. With automatic, it kinds of free up one hand for other uses ( Not saying need to drive with one hand) But in combat situations it may be required.

[SirAlec]

It looks like a copy of Caspir. Caspir has slant under belly though, hence a purpose built MPV