[Cannoneer No. 4]

I like the CROWS, too, it is the Michelin Man in the turret I was talking about.

[M1Tanker]

Ok, I understand. Yeah, another article stated soldiers' concern about close combat and vehicle extraction issues.

The M1 TUSK is great too!! I never thought they could actually make an M1A2 look more intimidating, but they proved me wrong.

There were other oddities like the Michelin suit too. I knew of a helmet rated to survive a direct hit from a 50 CAL API round. It weighed 20 LBS and the inventor was shocked when we asked if a human being could survive the hit. He hadn't thought of that....

Another inventor had a great body armor system with a crotch pad that flapped as you moved. He never ran while wearing it and it was not a good sight when we asked him to run and he found his design flaw.....

On the good side, these people really do want to help us win the war. It's just that they have little experience in making this stuff. Army Acquisition Corps is getting better in laying out performance criteria for these companies. I-Robot, makers of the Packbot, are a great example of successes here.