To: presidio9
DUH!
You change the center of gravity by raising it and the vehicle rolls over...
2 posted on
06/12/2006 9:04:19 AM PDT by
Mikey_1962
(If you build it, they won't come...)
To: Mikey_1962
You change the center of gravity by raising it and the vehicle rolls over...The need for armor became such a political football that basic questions like that got short-shrift.
5 posted on
06/12/2006 9:09:11 AM PDT by
Tallguy
(When it's a bet between reality and delusion, bet on reality -- Mark Steyn)
To: Mikey_1962
call me ignorant but aren't Humvees designed to be fast and lightweight? If you want a protected fighting transport that's why God invented TANKS and Bradley's!
To: Mikey_1962
Next thing you know they'll be removing the armor from the tanks because it makes them too slow - sitting ducks man!
To: Mikey_1962
Not to mention other tactical problems associated with that wondrous 17+ second 0-50 accelleration...
37 posted on
06/12/2006 3:13:52 PM PDT by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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