RE: Starting to build a tank [TANKS]

[Bill Hamilton <seeker-at-phoenyx.net>]

On Thu, 17 Mar 2005, jon s kowitz wrote:
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> ...like there wasn't time to develop an armored car...
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>

Well, Stryker has been in development for the last 5 years or so.  AFV 
development isn't "weld iron plate onto a car chassis" like it was back in 
the day, any more than car design is "bolt the components and body to a 
frame".  Everything interacts with everything else, and a successful 
design balances those interactions.  Anybody could throw armor onto a 
frame and call it an armored car.  Designing a _successful_ car is far 
more complicated.

I have my own problems with some of the US government's decisions, but I 
don't agree that not having an armored car in production is one of them. 
But, this list isn't about politics, so I'm not going to go into it any 
more than this.


-Bill Hamilton