Levels 1, 2, 3???
"up-armored"???
Buncha gobbledegook if ya ask me.
There's no doubt that adding armor adds protection,
but I still think the media is stirring up a stink just because a Humvee isn't as heavily armored as an Abrams.
When are they gonna insist that all the troop's uniforms be lined with 23 layers of kevlar bubble-wrap?
Kevlar is available to the troops, and some buy their own. But it has to be Class 3 (the heaviest) to stop AK-47 slugs.