[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Here is some media bias:

The Marines and Army have almost 20,000 Humvees in Iraq, according to the Pentagon. But a quarter of the vehicles do not have proper armor.

What is proper armor for a vehicle that was designed as a replacement of a WW II light vehicle?

[PokeyJoe]

Proper Armor is an Abrams tank, or Bradley AFV.

[stuartcr]

There probably isn't any proper armor...but you go to war with the stuff you got.....

[robertpaulsen]

"What is proper armor for a vehicle that was designed as a replacement of a WW II light vehicle?"

Bingo! It's a JEEP, people!

Can you image WWII soldiers saying their Jeeps were not armored? That the canvas sides were not real effective against anything?

If a Humvee is not protecting its occupants, maybe that vehicle is not appropriate for that area. Maybe we should be using an M-1?

[George Smiley]

What is proper armor for a vehicle that was designed as a replacement of a WW II light vehicle?

Well, in the case of my first car, a 1942 Jeep, the armor (above and beyond the steel in the body, which, compared to today's plasticars was substantial), consisted of at least twelve coats of paint and, in places, solder which was used to fill dents in the body.