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Might help with RPG's, but cause so many other problems to make it not worth it. Up armored humvees are already too heavy, plus there are no good places to weld the cage to the outside of the humvee. Couldn't use the doors, so everybody would have to enter and exit through the gunner's hatch.

humvees are already overloaded as it is - you would be trading off a huge amount of speed and gas mileage for the additional protection, not to mention the inconvenience - remember you have two doors on each side not to mention any optional hatches/doors in the rear (depending on how the humvee is configured).

I like humvees for what they are originally intended for, and while it's amazing what the troops are scrounging up and adding on to protect themselves in humvees, I think it's time to start work on a better-suited vehicle for what they are using them for.

I remember years back seeing some 4-wheeled vehicles with good armor and good clearance that were fairly maneuverable - these were basically armored cars spec'd out. This was during some NATO maneuvers in Germany, and I believe they were German or British, it's been years ago.

Do they make a smaller version of the Stryker? That would be ideal, because you could share parts between them - then again the Stryker is "Interim" (which in the military could mean they'll be around for the next 40 years).

No... to heavy.

And for the guys talking about who invented it, while the idea did see some use in Vietnam, the first use of a "catching" device to prevent the RPG (or similar round) from making contact with the armor of the vehicle was the Israelis. They used 1/2" link chain.

I could be wrong, but this is what we were told.