[91B]

You are factoring in VBIEDs which are of an entirely different category, given that they can be directed towards a target. Roadside IEDs are largely ineffectual given that it takes a great deal to go right for them to do any harm, we have had a lot of them in our AO.

1)the vehicle has to be close when it goes off, so Haji has to be careful when he detonates it. HMMWVs move faster than tracks for patrols and so are harder to hit. Why were 14 troops in one track-that is tempting disaster. 2)the charge has to be effectively placed and triggered. But Haji is usually an amateur and doesn't do a very good job (knocks on wood) of putting together the wiring, detonator and explosive. We have found the vast majority of IEDs in our AO and EOD has triggered them harmlessly. Even the ones that went off usually caused little more than ringing of the ears of the vehicle crews. Frankly, it seems to me that someone screwed up by concentrating forces in one vehicle which was a recipe for disaster.

[TomasUSMC]

Why were 14 troops in one track-that is tempting disaster

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Weighing in at 26 tons (23,991 kg) combat-loaded, and with a three-man crew, it can carry 21 Combat Equipped Troops (@ 285 Pounds) or
10,000 Pounds of Cargo.

If your transferring a hundred troops you don't do it with 25 humvees, you use APCs. Sometimes you don't have APCs and you use trucks. The enemy does not wait for you to find the perfect transportation.
So frankly, their were not too many troops in the AAV.