"I have roughly 700 113-series vehicles sitting pre-positioned in Kuwait, Sounds like the ticket to me.
Why? It won't stop an RPG
Chainlink rolls on the sides and front. In back if we're willing to sacrifice the utility of the back ramp. It'd be at least worthwhile to protect the M113A3 style box fuel tanks above the tracks on the back wall from a direct RPG hit, maybe the ramp area as well.
or 105-155mm based IED either.
The IED that took out the M1 Abrams was three 100-pound warheads from a vehicle-mounted ground to air guided missile. Build a better mousetrap, breed smarter mice.
Chainlink rolls on the sides and front. In back if we're willing to sacrifice the utility of the back ramp.heh-heh, you could do the same thing to a Hummer, and everyone could just climb out of the top. :)
The IED that took out the M1 Abrams was three 100-pound warheads from a vehicle-mounted ground to air guided missile. Build a better mousetrap, breed smarter mice
So? A 105 or 155mm based IED is still going to eat up a 113, and those are what I was talking about.