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.
Just because you have lost your video doesn’t (or at least shouldn’t) mean that you can’t either lay down suppressing fire, or get guidance from someone acting as a spotter. Effectiveness may suffer, but it’s still an asset.
“Good grief, of course I don’t equate that to a dead soldier. Only officers in the Pentagon do stuff like that.”
OK, I recant my last post to you.
“Regardless if whether the bullet takes out a live gunner, or a CROW system, the weapon system is combat ineffective.”
From what I’ve read, the CROW system is a whole lot harder to “kill” than a gunner. Also, it is clearly a whole lot easier to “bring back to life” for the next mission. That is definitely a combat effectiveness plus.
“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.”
That would be an interesting comparisson. However, there are also a whole lot of Hummers out there, many already up-armored, so another relevant question is how many can be upgraded with the CROWS for the equivalent cost of an ASV? Anyone know these relative costs?
“I want not only the soldiers to stay alive, but for the US military to remain the best equipped in the world.”
Yup.
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.