RE: Starting to build a tank [TANKS]

["jon s kowitz" <jonskowitz-at-hotmail.com>]

  (What kind of armor enthusiest are you anyway???  LOL)

  I agree that the best way to get killed is to do nothing, but at least an 
armored vehicle will survive a simple roadside bomb, something a HMMWV will 
never do.  Besides, making that statement to a soldier who was wondering why 
we aren't being supplied with actual armored vehicles so we can survive that 
initial contact was stupid and had to be the single most demoralizing 
comment I've ever heard any leader make... and I was in the 24th ID (LOL).

  Besides, even using a vehicle such as an M114 would be better than using a 
Hummer for the purpose they've been using them.  Any dope with a rifle is a 
threat to a soft-skinned vehicle while it takes slightly rarer weapons to 
threaten an armored scout.

>Sitting around in armored boxes is the easiest way to
>get killed. It gives the enemy something to shoot at
>and you are tied down to a single point rather then
>being flexible.
>
>Rumsfield was stating that like Clausewitz has stated
>everything changes on the moment of first contact. You
>can not predict everything that was\is going to
>happen. Only hope that you have a better ability to
>adjust then the other guy.