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Your RWS can shoot while on the move, the same as you sticking out of a hatch while on the move; neither you nor the RWS are 2 axis stabilized, so it is more difficult to put rounds on target. You would not consider a HMMW-V with a gunner controlled M2 machinegun in the turret to be non-operational, would you?

There have been numerous press releases listing number of vehicles (it's 311-I won't tell what the mix is) though the London Telegraph and CNN listed 323, which is too high. There have been 4 Strykers damaged by IEDs or RPGs. One had wheel/tire and suspension damaged, and was fully functional within a day or two-no injuries. One was the Reconaissance Vehicle that everyone knows about, which now sits in the scrap yard here at Anaconda (if anyone wants to come see it-if you want a few pictures, freepmail me.) One RPG strike damaged a coolant hose on the front of a vehicle (slat armor worked,) vehicle was fully mission capable by the end of the day (one minor shrapnel injury), and one got hit in the side by an RPG (the day Wolfowitz was in the convoy) with no damage. If there have been more, the Brigade is not reporting them.

We also have had three flip into water, which was a combination of slat armor width, training, and poor route choice.