[Cannoneer No. 4]

Stick-on armor gets live test in Iraq

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[Cannoneer No. 4]

ping

[i get it]

Under a Kerry presidency, these products of a free market economy would need special licences to use after the proper fee is levied. They could only be applied by a union-card holding tecnician and only if the weather is right. But all of this could only happen after the UN signs it off. After all, roadside bombs are a practice of free speech aren't they?

[longtermmemmory]

but is it available for the home market for the do it yourselfer?

[JasonC]

So, in the interest of "deployability" we send them there unarmored in their shirt sleeves, then the enterprising ones buy their own armor retail and construct it themselves. This is so much more efficient than designing a vehicle using the best technology at affordable prices and then making those ahead of time, because? Because the procurement system is broken, and so is the doctrine of "light".

[Broadside Joe]

Next question: Will these composites work for body armor?

[ETERNAL WARMING]

Oh I pray it's so and they can get the items over there soon! God bless our troops!

[ppaul]

Easy Stick Add-On Armor

Janet Jackson's Super Bowl outfit?

[Jimmy Valentine]

By gosh if this isn't always the way. The equipment gets into the field and the dog faces out there tinker with it and come up with field modifications that dramatically improve the base line equipment.

God bless the American soldier, a thinking fighter.

Regards,

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thank you, Cannoneer!
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When American troops in Iraq first encountered frequent ambushes and roadside bombs, they realized that their unarmored trucks and hummers were particularly vulnerable. While many rushed to attach armor plates to the vehicles, some of the reserve troops who were cops back home knew of better solutions. At least two firms were selling light weight bulletproof composites that could be quickly attacked to police cars (doors, hood and so on).

 

 The composite armor will stop a heavy machine-gun bullet (.50 caliber or 14.5mm. These panels would also stop most fragments from a bomb exploding nearby. As a result of recent reforms, units had money, and authority, available to get these armor kits, and many did.

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Bless our ingenius, experienced Veterans ~ still serving,  civilian and military,

 saving lives in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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                 NEVER FORGET. 

 

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