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2005-03-29 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by 2005-03-29 1:22:54 PM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 What's wrong with a couple of dozen rounds of fiftycal?
This is too risky.

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2005-03-29 1:50:30 PM|| 2005-03-29 1:50:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Maybe there needs to be an attachment or pole that can be attached to the hummer so that there is more "stand-off distance" between the hummer and the suspect vehicle needing pushing?

Lots of ideas better than just "pushing it out of the way with a hummer."

Can't really just fire up a .50 cal in an occupied city area. You wouldn't want one of those being fired in your neighborhood without really good cause. Could kill innocents.

Posted by Leigh 2005-03-29 2:14:19 PM|| 2005-03-29 2:14:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 3O cal then? They will not go as readily through the car.

Posted by JFM 2005-03-29 2:26:22 PM|| 2005-03-29 2:26:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 How about some device to jam the signals that detonate the bomb? I thought those were being used in Iraq.

Posted by Spot 2005-03-29 2:50:41 PM|| 2005-03-29 2:50:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Too bad the local CSS outfit didn't have a dozer or some sort of wrecker on hand for this.

Posted by Jarhead 2005-03-29 2:51:04 PM|| 2005-03-29 2:51:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Need a Buffalo

Posted by Chuck Simmins 2005-03-29 3:14:07 PM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2005-03-29 3:14:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 The blast blew CNN Cameraman David Allbritton back 12 feet. CNN Reporter Alex Quade said, "I saw he (Allbritton) was okay

Not everything went perfectly.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-03-29 3:21:21 PM|| 2005-03-29 3:21:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 The jammers are for VIP convoys. I doubt the troops in the field ever see one.

Posted by gromky 2005-03-29 3:27:08 PM|| 2005-03-29 3:27:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Mrs. D...thats terrible. ;)

Posted by Angeasing Thiling5293 2005-03-29 4:09:23 PM|| 2005-03-29 4:09:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Back in WWII, we used to have a some tanks with bulldozer blades on them. Ipso facto, they were immune to anything that wouldn't stop a tank.

Do we have anything like that any more? Has anyone thought about getting something like that? Could you make an add-on package for an M1?

Posted by Jackal 2005-03-29 4:38:48 PM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-03-29 4:38:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 a.Jammers are provided as fast as the manufacturers can get them there. Warlock being the best to date

b. We do have blades for the M1

c.We are getting Buffaloes and their supporting systems (as pictured by CS) in country and the boys are learning to use them OJT

d. I will agree this isn't the best idea to get a suspect vehicle out of the road, but I suspect there something pressing about to come this way since the the theater commander is issuing smart cards on how to handle this given situation, and this isn't it.

Posted by TopMac 2005-03-29 9:34:43 PM|| 2005-03-29 9:34:43 PM|| Front Page Top

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