RE: Starting to build a tank [TANKS]

[Rick v100 <rickv100-at-yahoo.com>]

The US Army was fielding the M1117 armored car for the
Military Police in the late 90's. Its a variant of the
Textron Marine and Land Systems (ex-Cadillac Gage)
V150 series 4x4 armored car. 

There are three armored car manfuacturers Textron,AV
Technologies, now part of General Dynamics, and Force
Protection in the US and many more overseas. 

All have cars in production and available so fielding
an armored car is not a problem. 

Rick 

--- Bill Hamilton <seeker-at-phoenyx.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, 17 Mar 2005, jon s kowitz wrote:
> >
> > ...like there wasn't time to develop an armored
> car...
> >
> >
> 
> 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
> 


                
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