I can attest to the importance of armored Humvees first-hand. Had my husband not been in an armored Humvee the day an IED exploded under his vehicle, I would be a widow right now.
The old Humvees, most of which already survived the first Gulf War, should have been replaced a long time ago.
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We need uparmored Humvees, and we need armored HEMMTS for fuel and cargo deliveries. The only other option is to assign a section of Bradleys or tanks to each CSS element to provide security. You used to be able to do that when you had four maneuver companies in a battalion, but when the Army switched to only 3, it got near impossible.
There are 25,000,000 enemies coming at us one at a time.
The HMMWV was never intended to carry armor. Stop trying to make it something it isn't. Instead, look to inexpensive armored cars as an alternative, such as the South African Ratel 20 or similar (or the Alabama Slammer).
The HMMWV was always intended as a heavier (and more stable) Jeep.
With a title like this that hints that requests from our troops in Iraq are being routinely ignored by the Pentagon, it sounds like the headline writer was recycled from the NYSlimes or Washington Compost.
Why do newspapers insist on using alarmist headlines like this. It's stupid. "Requesting" and "pleading" imply two different things, with the latter sounding more desperate. Maybe that's the intention.
The sad thing is that the armour is available as I understand it. About 4000 upgraded M113's of various variants are sitting doing nothing. In fact some are in Kuwait just next door but when an American commander in Iraq requested them he was refused.
DHB Industries (symb. DHB) is up 14% today !
Never was a different ballgame, just a bunch of liberal designers trying to invent a kinder gentler form of war. Surprise, it didn't work, just like the gunny's said. Now they can reinvent the tank and congratulate themselves on how smart they are.
I was in the mountains (N.C.) on a road trip...we saw three new armored humvees....destined for Iraq. Its on the way.
How does “request” become “plead”?