Marine brings welding skills to fight against insurgency

Marine Corps News ^ | Cpl. Antonio Rosas

[spanalot]

http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/lookup/2006664230?opendocument

this is a better view.

[RetiredSWO]

See post #20

[RetiredSWO]

Thanks for the better view - I guess my old eyes can still pick up detail

[USNBandit]

The Marines have done a lot of this stuff. They started worrying about fuel supplies prior to OIF kicking off so somebody open purchased a bunch of jerry can racks which they mounted on their humvees. A rotary wing community didn't like the idea of flying into combat with only sidearms so they installed brackets in the cockpit to hold an M-4 for each of the crew, then they asked for permission.

[Blue Highway]

I figured it was a 10 foot long apparatus attached to the roof like a battering ram. Guess I was way off.

[EverOnward]

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.

Oh yeeaaaah. Ya got that riiiiight.

[EverOnward]

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.

Oh yeeaaaah. Ya got that riiiiight.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Aha, thank you for the above-view.

[Fraxinus]

Took a little searching to find the image, but it also comes with a very lengthy explanation.
Click image to see

[rawhide]

[Leisler]

Sounds good!

[spanalot]

the first weed wacker

[BoneHead]

That's a better view! I want one of those for the I 15 morning commute!