Patent ID: 8096226

Claim:
An assault vehicle, comprising, in combination: a vehicle body; a plurality of telescoping tubes comprising a vehicle boom being coupled to the vehicle body, the vehicle boom having a vehicle mounting end and an uppermost extent and the vehicle boom having a passageway there in; a fighting pod having an uppermost extent and a lowermost extent, the pod being coupled the uppermost extent of the vehicle boom with the passageway allowing passage from the vehicle body to the fighting pod, the lowermost extent of the fighting pod having a boom elevator aperture there through; the vehicle body having an outer surface and an inner surface, with a thickness there between and a top surface and a bottom surface with side surfaces coupling the top surface and bottom surface, the inner surface of the vehicle body forming an interior cavity; the plurality of telescoping tubes comprising a first telescoping tube and a second telescoping tube and a third telescoping tube, with the first telescoping tube having a generally square cross sectional configuration, with the first telescoping tube having an exterior surface having a first external dimension and an interior surface with a first interior dimension with a wall thickness there between, the second telescoping tube having a generally square cross sectional configuration, with the second telescoping tube having an exterior surface having a second external dimension and an interior surface with a second interior dimension with a wall thickness there between, the second exterior dimension being less than the first interior dimension so as to allow the second telescoping tube to be slidably located within the interior of the first telescoping tubes, the third telescoping tube having a generally square cross sectional configuration, with the third telescoping tube having an exterior surface having a third external dimension and an interior surface with a third interior dimension with a wall thickness there between, the third exterior dimension being less than the second interior dimension so as to allow the third telescoping tube to be slidably located within the interior of the second telescoping tubes; the vehicle boom comprising: a boom mounting bracket; a hydraulic boom extending system comprising at least one hydraulic cylinder for slidably extending and retracting the boom telescoping tubes; an internal boom elevator coupled to the boom mounting bracket; and the fighting pod having a lower portion and an upper portion and a ramming portion.