ARMORED WARFARE: Gun-Vees Appear in Iraq

StrategyPage.com ^ | August 4, 2003 | Adam Geibel

[SauronOfMordor]

There's a company in Pennsylvania that mounts 50 caliber machine in guns in SUV's.

Ibis Tek, Butler PA. The gun retracts into the back when not in use, and is controlled by a joystick in the front passenger seat. Way cool. Want one

[Lost and Confused]

i saw a show on one of those. yes, they are damn cool : )

[SevenDaysInMay]

Yes, mini-guns would be excellent street sweepers.

.50 BMG PORCUPINES are needed in that cinder block/mud brick world of assassins.

The auto 40 mm grenades make fragging good room cleaners for the "compound" architectural style of the Baathist elites.

From 200 meters and more and certainly up close and personal, as long as our guys can kill, pin down, or make them hate us even more (DNC Politburo useful idiot mantra) may God bless our YOUNG men riding on the point of our spear.

Our guys are in serious danger because they do the work no politician would or could ever do. That also applies to the vast majority of Americans and criminal aliens.

We must supply our troops with all the destructive power and adequate personal armor they want in those hellholes hiding islamists.

Mr. Browning would be proud to have his hand in this pan-islamist world war against Americans.

The BMG designs provided for our first ground up supersonic fuselage profile in addition to providing accurate soft target arms for Americans.

(In 1971 I met a sgt. fresh from Nam who at close range had cut a water buffalo in half with his Ma Duce fearing danger hiding behind it. Anything but a clean sweep. He loved his BMG swearing that his .50s in his unit had saved hundreds of our grunts during his tour.)

Fire for effect.

I pray that our Gunvees carry enough ammo and luck.

Buy a .50 BMG Homeland Security rifle for your grandchildren, now. It is a true Patriot Act we can all do today.

[SevenDaysInMay]

Omphalopsycites are not Navy men.

[donozark]

DUSTERS are another interesting weapon from the VN era. 40MM on M-48 chassis, as I recall. Guys on FSBs loved them, as did the brass in base camps. NVA had an intense dislike of them. Wonder why...? HeeHee.... Not sure of practicality/manuverability in Iraq.

I suspect in both cases (Dusters/Ontos), both have been replaced by superior, proven weapons. I believe ONTOS was used extensively at Hue', Tet, 68, by Marines. Dusters were most assuredly used, with great effect, as described above.

Old fashioned soldier here. I am so damned old, when I was in the service we still used wooden rifles...and I still do. Absolutely LOVE M-14. Well, ok, M1A.

[Darksheare]

Camp Smith has a Duster on display at it's driveway enterence.
Not sure if it'll run at all..
It's been demilled and hasn't been maintained at all, sadly.

[jriemer]

Your "duster" was a bit harder to find and offically called an M-19.

This would also bring on the pain as well but wouldn't move very fast.