You equate scrap metal to a dead soldier?
Good grief, of course I don’t equate that to a dead soldier. Only officers in the Pentagon do stuff like that.
Regardless if whether the bullet takes out a live gunner, or a CROW system, the weapon system is combat ineffective.
How much money does it take to buy an up-armor Humvee, buy a CROW system, and then retrofit the Humvee? If one round from a Dragunov into that shiny optic on the CROW takes it out, what good is it?
Compare that cost to a brand new ASV with an actual armored turret that is a much more flexible vehicle for this type of conflict.
I want not only the soldiers to stay alive, but for the US military to remain the best equipped in the world.