Posted on 12/13/2008 2:58:30 PM PST by neverdem
I am quite sure that if they had to, they could also send up a live human gunner up to use the equipment manually if the CROWS system fails.
See post 81.
Godo medicine for non-raghead terrorists too, like the Muslim terrorists from Chechnya, Paki-land, Europe etc.
geeeezee... all that’s missing is a lav to well... you know and a Mircrowave to pop popcorn.
the guns and viewing devices on tanks are protected by an armored turret.
I don’t know why the Crow’s armament and video camera is left vulnerable.
I had to chuckle at that. My Nutcracker watching is next weekend. Two daughters still perform in it. One is a dance teacher, so she is in on the choreography also. At least the theater has low lights so napping is unnoticed. This year will be the 21st year in a row I have had a daughter in it. I know the musical score better than the dancers.
I dont know why the Crows armament and video camera is left vulnerable.
The greater the armor, then the lesser is the field of view.
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Supposedly, the level of armoring and survivability are much greater around the crew compartment. I know that vid showed an EFP hit on the back, but I’ve read elsewhere about them surviving RPGs, just haven’t seen a video.
BTW, didn’t we used to call EFPs “platter charges,” or am I confusing them? In training, we fired platter charges made of about 1/2” steel by 6” diameter at various targets. I remember a truck engine block being pierced from side to side by the molten slug. It made a hole all the way through the vehicle and engine block about 2 or 3” diameter. Very impressive.
Yeah, but it looks like this outfit would be relatively easy to knowck out by a good sniper, once they figure it out (like by reading FR).
Some ceramic armor to defeat rifle rounds and a smaller lens in a slit with a zoom and fish eye would work.
How about reading strategypage.com? If it is on FR, then it likely is an open source.
It is a shame this new system could not been put in service in large quantities back in 2003. But better late then never. The Taliban and AQA/AQP are going to have a nasty surprise to contend with over the next few years.
Thanks for the ping!
Wonderful miracle and story! Thank you for the ping.
A GENERAL ELECTRIC product ????
SkyNet has awakened.
Whachoo wanna bet that that nice shiny obvious lens is a decoy?? And that the real optics are disguised as a rivet somewhere??? And probably multiply redundant, to boot.
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