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>How the fuck do they expect to fight a war with this absurdly marked up grifting shit?
Given how open they are, I'm guessing this might be their own take on the "buggies" that some Ukranian units use in place of APCs for quick deployment. They work better than APCs in some regards because they are faster, more maneuverable, easier to get out off and far cheaper, all important things due to the attritional nature of this conflict. You also lose less guys if one gets hit by a drone.
So why not use those instead? Someone might have thought those look goofy and decided they should have their own "tacticool" vehicles that serve a similar purpose. Also, profit maximizing has become the modus operandi of western countries military producers. I also think western politicians have been conditioned to think that more expansive thing = better, maybe because most of them are wealthy and when it comes to consumer goods, that's generally true and in their ignorance they assume the same must be true for military equipment?