To: Cannoneer No. 4
Shipping them with armor installed would have required more vessel square footage since the armor increases the vehicles' dimensions with the additional empty stand-off space. Since they're not going straight into a fight, it makes more sense to ship the armor dismounted and palletized, and install it in-theater in the interest of getting a better ship's stow.
10 posted on
11/19/2003 5:30:52 AM PST by
Jonah Hex
(If it wasn't for door-to-door salesmen, my dog would never get any exercise.)
To: Jonah Hex
In Vietnam we never used chicken wire for RPG screens, chain link fencing was the key. For th emost part we only used the chain link in stationary positions. When moving we took our chances.
11 posted on
11/19/2003 5:34:52 AM PST by
SLB
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