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Cold-War Thinking Prevented Vital Vehicle From Reaching Iraq
Wall St Journal ^
| 3-19-04
| Greg Jaffe
Posted on 03/19/2004 7:04:36 AM PST by SJackson
Edited on 04/22/2004 11:51:20 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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WASHINGTON -- A decade ago, the Army began producing an armored Humvee capable of providing protection from many roadside bombs and rocket-propelled grenades.
Like most soldiers in Iraq, Capt. Cameron Birge hasn't set foot in one of those vehicles. Instead, he leads convoys through one of the country's most violent regions in a Humvee -- the modern successor to the Jeep -- with a sheet-metal skin that can't even stop bullets from a small-caliber handgun. To shield himself, Capt. Birge removed his Humvee's canvas doors and welded on slabs of scrap metal. He spread Kevlar blankets over the seats and stacked sandbags on the floor.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aftermathanalysis; armor; humvee; iraq; stynkers; uparmoredhumvee; wheeledarmor
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03/21/2004 7:33:55 AM PST
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Cannoneer No. 4
(I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it.)
BMR
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Cannoneer No. 4
(I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it.)
Dragoon
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03/21/2004 5:44:18 PM PST
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Cannoneer No. 4
(I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it.)
VEC
84
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03/21/2004 5:46:58 PM PST
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Cannoneer No. 4
(I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it.)
To: SJackson
As advanced as we are, wouldn't you think we could develop something stronger than steel but lighter?
85
posted on
03/21/2004 5:57:22 PM PST
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McGavin999
(Evil thrives when good men do nothing!)
Simba
86
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03/21/2004 6:05:14 PM PST
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Cannoneer No. 4
(I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it.)
Simba
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Cannoneer No. 4
(I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it.)
Dingo
Textron makes these in New Orleans, but has the US Army bought any?
88
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03/26/2004 3:52:20 PM PST
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Cannoneer No. 4
(I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it.)
Dingo
89
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Cannoneer No. 4
(I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it.)
Dingo
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(I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it.)
Dingo
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(I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it.)
92
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(I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it.)
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Cannoneer No. 4
(I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it.)
VBL - Oman
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03/26/2004 5:00:12 PM PST
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Cannoneer No. 4
(I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it.)
VBL - Kuwait
95
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03/26/2004 5:12:36 PM PST
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Cannoneer No. 4
(I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it.)
VBL
96
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03/26/2004 5:31:05 PM PST
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Cannoneer No. 4
(I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it.)
A French Panhard VBL armoured car on patrol in Kabul. The French contingent includes a light armoured reconnaissance unit
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03/26/2004 5:45:01 PM PST
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Cannoneer No. 4
(I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it.)
98
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03/26/2004 10:13:32 PM PST
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Cannoneer No. 4
(I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it.)
99
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04/01/2004 1:22:02 PM PST
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Cannoneer No. 4
(Some have elected to resist. Having made their decision, they are being engaged and destroyed.)
To: Cannoneer No. 4
bump
100
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04/28/2004 3:14:59 PM PDT
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Centurion2000
(Resolve to perform what you must; perform without fail that what you resolve.)
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