[Doc91678]

The Humvee was not developed for up armoring, nor was it developed defeat IEDs. It is a light vehicle and should be used as such. The Stryker and Bradley are more suited to do the job that the Humvee is being tasked to do.

[hattend]

Exactly...it was designed as a replacement for the Jeep.

[norraad]

Exactly, get some out of work NASCAR guys to design and build war vehicles.

[AmishDude]

The problem is that IEDs can't be predicted, so you'd have to use Strykers or Bradleys for virtually every task.

[M1928A1 Thompson]

One way to avoid roadside bombs is to AVOID the road!!! Maybe we should be ressurecting the ACAV version of the M113 instead of armoring wheeled vehicles as an after-thought. Seems to me that tracked vehicles are for fighting, wheels are for going to the grocery. The Stryker is another topheavy, easy to roll and miserably easy to penetrate wheeled vehicle. Only wheeled combat vehicle that made sense, and only in a French sort of way, was the Panhard. It had drivers facing both ways so it could retreat as fast as it advanced.............

[ichabod1]

The Humvee was not developed for up armoring, nor was it developed defeat IEDs. It is a light vehicle and should be used as such. The Stryker and Bradley are more suited to do the job that the Humvee is being tasked to do.

THAT is what I've been saying all along. If an armored car is needed, use an armored car, don't come along and put armor on my SUV.