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To: matchwood

Correct me if my thinking is wrong, but Humvees are a replacement for jeeps that were used for transportation. They were not meant to be a replacement for tanks. No amount of armor will protect from large land mines.

This is a different kind of war, and IMHO it requires a different kind of equipment to fight it.


235 posted on 12/13/2004 3:49:45 AM PST by chainsaw ( ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - H. Clinton))
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To: chainsaw

Agree - the Humvee was a replacement for the Jeep of yore. While I am not an engineer, one has to question what effect all that armor has on the Humvee.

Added weight changes the dynnamics - slower, more cumbersome to operate, strain on the suspension system and probably takes more fuel to operate.

The Humvee seems to have become a lightweight Bradley. It is not the right equipment for the job for sure.


238 posted on 12/13/2004 7:20:25 AM PST by matchwood
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