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To: norwaypinesavage
"Should read: Better body armor would have protected Marines that had wounds that would have been protected by better body armor. What a stupid analysis."

Exactly! WTF’s wrong with everyone not able to see that?

If 10% of casualties were cause by shrapnel penetrating or bypassing gaps in our body armor, and larger body armor would eliminate 80% of them, then larger body armor would only eliminate 2% of our casualties. And that assumes no increase in casualties from refusing to wear that heavy hot crap or additional casualties from terrorists adjusting to take advantage that encumbrance.

Freak’n stupid report and stupid people who can’t think through it.

13 posted on 01/07/2006 6:32:06 AM PST by elfman2
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To: elfman2

and the new improved armor weighs how much?

300 lbs?

600 lbs?

900 lbs?


14 posted on 01/07/2006 6:38:46 AM PST by Pikachu_Dad
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