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Marine brings welding skills to fight against insurgency
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| Cpl. Antonio Rosas
Posted on 06/06/2006 4:29:23 PM PDT by SandRat
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posted on
06/06/2006 4:29:26 PM PDT
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SandRat
To: 91B; HiJinx; Spiff; MJY1288; xzins; Calpernia; clintonh8r; TEXOKIE; windchime; Grampa Dave; ...
Marine's Weapon in WOT is Welding.
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posted on
06/06/2006 4:30:00 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat; RaceBannon; XtreMarine
adapt, improvise and overcome!!!! OOH-Rah!
Marines always doing more with less.
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posted on
06/06/2006 4:36:42 PM PDT
by
MudPuppy
(St Michael Protect Us!)
To: SandRat
American ingenuity at work again.
I'd like to think that, somewhere, the soldiers who invented the hedgerow-buster for Sherman tanks in the field in WW2 are smiling.
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posted on
06/06/2006 4:36:57 PM PDT
by
Gator101
To: SandRat
Ingenuity and welding skill on the battlefield! This is similar to the breaching devices welded onto Sherman tanks for piercing hedgerows right after D-Day.
G-d bless our wonderful Soldiers and Marines!
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posted on
06/06/2006 4:38:54 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
To: SandRat
4-5 years of stateside testing, contract to major defense contractor, 2 years more for roll out, 5 day class for qualified user, final cost $60-70thousand per vehicle.
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posted on
06/06/2006 4:40:53 PM PDT
by
Leisler
(Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslim.)
To: SandRat
Dittos to everything said on this thread so far! Plus, he's CUTE!! Thanks for the picture!
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posted on
06/06/2006 4:41:55 PM PDT
by
hsalaw
To: SandRat
That little pointy thing by his left leg?
I thought it would be a big old flying wedge from the article. I guess my design would leave the back wheels off the ground and not allow any traction.
Subtlty is to be admired.
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posted on
06/06/2006 4:43:15 PM PDT
by
BoneHead
To: SandRat
How much does the average Humvee in Iraq now weigh?
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posted on
06/06/2006 4:43:57 PM PDT
by
gura
To: hsalaw
Plus, he's CUTE!! As a guy I wouldn't know, so I'll leave that determination to the FR Ladies.
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posted on
06/06/2006 4:44:42 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: gura
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posted on
06/06/2006 4:45:29 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
I'll leave that determination to the FR Ladies.I AM one of those, and believe me. . . .yum!
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posted on
06/06/2006 4:48:25 PM PDT
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hsalaw
To: SandRat
Left to their own creative devices, people can figure out and overcome 'most anything.
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posted on
06/06/2006 4:49:13 PM PDT
by
Past Your Eyes
(Every time you think, you weaken the nation.)
To: SandRat
I'm not seeing it...it looks like welded up 5" x 5" square section to me, unless we're talking the small triangle near his left leg. Which doesn't seem like anything that useful...
To: SandRat
This set up is a no brainer. We used to build thousands of weldments in the construction industry. ASTM A36 plate and structurals is all you need.
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posted on
06/06/2006 4:51:51 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(All we get are lame ideas from Republicans and lame criticism from dems about those lame ideas.)
To: SandRat
I'm glad this guy is on OUR side...
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posted on
06/06/2006 4:55:13 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: hsalaw
Well, you can't say I didn't give you a tasty treat.
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posted on
06/06/2006 4:58:20 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: Leisler
As a Dept of Navy engineer I can credit Secretary Rumsfeld
with cutting R&D development time to 2 years. If you don't
prove your system by then it's liable to be scrapped.
Plus more work is being done by DOD vice contractors now
and each project has a military/DOD manager.
To: SandRat
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posted on
06/06/2006 5:01:54 PM PDT
by
hsalaw
To: BoneHead
I think that is just the splitter, the rest of the bumper
appears to have a more shallow angle.
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CAMP AL QA’IM, Iraq - Cpl. Joshua W. Dale, a 23-year-old section leader with A Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment brought his ideas to life by inventing a breaching bumper for a humvee in his mobile assault platoon. The breaching bumper is mounted on the front of the humvee and resembles a large arrowhead made of thick steel. The bumper is used to do one thing – tear through anything that gets in the humvee’s way. The bumper, which allows humvees greater flexibility when assaulting the enemy during raids and cordon-and-knock operations, is an alternative to using explosives to destroy barriers and walls. Dale is from Silver Street, S.C.