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Owing to the technical characteristics of a super light Combat Vehicle, DAGOR can be easily put on the CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter or even hung under the UH-60. Black Hawk.

Developed by ATV brand with Roush Industries in America's Ultra Light Combat Vehicle program, DAGOR is the size of a 4-door Jeep Wrangler, but much better. It has a total of 9 seats including 4 seats in the front row, 4 seats in the rear seats and a floating spot on the roof. DAGOR can carry 3250 pounds (nearly 1.5 tons) of furniture running in 500 miles (800km) of extremely rugged terrain. This is not really bad for a car that weighs only 4,500 pounds (more than 2 tons).

In fact, the components that make up the DAGOR are all available components, such as anonymous diesel / JP8 engines, transmission lines and regulators. This allowed Polaris to develop the DAGOR platform from drawing to production in less than two years, at a cost of less than US $ 150,000 (about VND3.1 billion) each. DAGOR applies military procurement standards, even going to the name of DAGOR is borrowing. DAGOR is really not an abbreviation of anything; Despite Sindarin's translation, DAGOR means "Battle" - as in Dagor Dagorath, meaning "Battle of Battles".

Because DAGOR has the same characteristics as a super light Combat Vehicle, it can easily be loaded with military transport aircraft without much change. One can insert it into the belly of a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter, or pack a pair of DAGORs into the CH-47 Chinook helicopter, or even hang a DAGOR underneath the helicopter UH-60 Black Hawk.

"DAGOR is bigger than previous products like MRZR and MV850, which is a step up in size for Polaris as well as a step forward for customers," said Jed Leonard, Advanced Mobility Platforms director and Polaris Defense, said in a press release. "DAGOR highlights the ability to meet the urgent needs of Polaris Defense, the solution for manufacturing MILCOTS vehicles built in the right purpose and at a reasonable cost, can be carried out anywhere. COTS (commercial off the shelf) ".

DAGOR will be officially launched this year at the 2014 US Annual Military Conference in Washington, DC next week. However, according to the Wall Street Journal, the DAGOR was not only manufactured but also approved for export to a military force along the Pacific coast (possibly Korea).