RE: Starting to build a tank [TANKS]

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

The problem is US Army doctrine prior to 1999 did not
see a large role for armored cars. Armored cars tend
to be road bound due to bad off-road capabilities. 

Rick 

--- jon s kowitz <jonskowitz-at-hotmail.com> wrote:
>   We've been in these kinds of actions around the
> globe for more than a 
> decade.  Ever since the end of the Reagan era the
> military has been in need 
> of a "heavy urban vehicle" and hardly anyone has put
> two bolts together to 
> make one.  So you're telling me that in the
> intervening 15 years no one has 
> thought to construct any kind of armored car
> specifically for urban patrols 
> because there hasn't been enough time?  Heck, the
> invasion of Iraq was in 
> planning for two years (whether we had heard of it
> or not), you're telling 
> me there wasn't time to accelerate developement on
> existing projects?
> 
>   We soldiers have been stuck with two choices in
> urban patrols, the HMMWV 
> and the HMMWV with kevlar applique armor.  Let me
> tell you, we found neither 
> to work all that well.  Hell, I think I would've
> settled for a few 
> "Peacemakers" over the crap we were forced to use. 
> I'm just thankful that 
> my company deployed with their tanks!
> 
> >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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