Marines To Get Polaris Rigs For Combat

The Marines always get the hand-me-downs. At least that’s the conventional wisdom. But now the corps is getting 144 Polaris Defense MRZR-D4 diesel-powered buggies.

The four-person rigs are heavy duty, khaki versions of the popular RZR off-road rig.  But the USMC version comes with a 993cc 4-stroke single-overhead cam three-cylinder turbo diesel engine. The Marines will be running the first-of-their-kind rigs on the front line, before the…

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