[Cannoneer No. 4]

See my Post 61.

We have a production line in New Orleans making ASV's that the Army thinks it has enough of.

Seems like a Loomis-Fargo or Brink's armored truck could be easily modified for stability and support operations in Iraq. What keeps the Army from requisitioning a bunch and shipping them over?

[blanknoone]

We have a production line in New Orleans making ASV's that the Army thinks it has enough of. Well, I don't think it is quite a production line...they are making less than 50 a year, and producing through 2005 as it is. Although I have to admit, I am not sure...I thought it was the Air Force security police who were buying these, not the Army. Who in the Army is getting them? The other issue is the cost...they were $1 million each in the first contract and $525,000 each in the proposed extension. The SISU goes for less than $100,000 and its spare parts are cheap and plentiful because they are commercial. I would bet that America could produce something similar to SISU in quantity for even less than $100k.

[Nebr FAL owner]

Armored trucks commonly used for the transport of money are not that well armored having had the opputunity to work in one, windshields wont stop much over a 38 special also its basicly a steel box on a standard truck frame with commercial diesel engine & truck tranny. Nothing fancy .The idea of using off the shelf components is a good start & it won't be used simply because of politics.