The FED employs plenty of carbon fiber and aluminum as a weight-reducing measure, which helps give this four-seater a 30-percent improvement in fuel economy over current military vehicles. Yet even after such a significant increase in efficiency, the FED only gets seven miles per gallon. Under the carbon fiber hood, the FED is powered by a turbocharged and supercharged Cummins four-cylinder engine putting out 200 horsepower and 568 pound-feet of torque. That helps produce enough power to allow the 15,000-pound FED to have a top speed of almost 75 miles per hour. (Source)
Freelance photographer Thomas Ekstrom documents the last days of hell week during training:
Read the full interview with Thomas Ekstrom and see lots more pictures over at Visual Supply Co., a company which makes adobe filters to give your pictures a look similar to popular film cameras from back in the day.
I’m not normally blown away by a lot photography, but the composition, colors, and his subjects really make for some amazing looking pictures.