To: Cannoneer No. 4
Does that thing have top hatches so the passengers can provide flank security / RPG grenadier watch & suppression?
51 posted on
11/23/2003 8:23:08 AM PST by
FreedomPoster
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To: FreedomPoster
Never actually seen a SISU, so I don't know. Here is a Slovenian Valuk that seems to have all the hatches anybody could want.
![](http://www.army-technology.com/projects/valuk/images/armoured_vehicle1.jpg)
64 posted on
11/23/2003 9:32:21 AM PST by
Cannoneer No. 4
(CHAIRBORNE Death From Behind)
To: FreedomPoster
Does that thing have top hatches so the passengers can provide flank security / RPG grenadier watch & suppression? Aside from the 20mm turret-equiopped versions, yes. There's a fold back troop hatch that can also allow the vehicle to double as an 82mm mortar vehicle or for the use of the infantry wire-guided antitank missile launch tubes so the vehicle is not entirely an *easy meat* proposition for enemy LAVs. And the side-folding hatches can be propped up in a 90-degree raised position to provide such exposed troops standing in the rear hatch with side flank protection from small arms fire.
You can't see it real well, but here's a shot of one with the guys standing in the open back hatch for just the reason you suggest.
![](http://home.no.net/norplt/Bilder/Sisu_fmr.jpg)
95 posted on
11/23/2003 3:26:56 PM PST by
archy
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