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2007-08-26 Iraq

New U.S. armored trucks are symbolic targets: general

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2007-08-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 You can see it next to a Humvee and watch a landmine demo of this beast here:
http://www.forceprotection.net/news/video.html?video=cougar

It's pretty amazing, just hope they can make enough of them. One of the soldiers that testified about the need for them, ended up dying in an explosion on the ground cause he was in a Humvee.

Posted by NOLA">NOLA 2007-08-26 03:41|| 2007-08-26 03:41|| Front Page Top

#2 NOLA's link in clickable form

(NOLA, it took me a while to figure out how to make links work here -- something about the quotation marks -- and even so I always preview posts with embedded links, and click on them to ensure I did it right, before submitting. Oh, and I'm glad you found us!)

Posted by trailing wife 2007-08-26 06:06|| 2007-08-26 06:06|| Front Page Top

#3 These things do provide better protection against the current threat than HMMWVs. However, they have a number of drawbacks (e.g. taller and heavier, less visibility, less flexible, more fuel use thus more resupply convoys). Further, remember that the bad guys don't care about blowing up vehicles, they just want to score some kills. If these new trucks are successful in protecting soldiers aboard, then the other side will change tactics to find a way to get the soldiers out of them. We can already see evidence of that happening now. We may very well end up in a situation where we spent billions of dollars on these vehicles, yet are suffering higher losses.

Posted by RAMMER">RAMMER 2007-08-26 15:05|| www.blogoram.com]">[www.blogoram.com] 2007-08-26 15:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Forcing your enemy to react is a sign of success.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2007-08-26 18:28|| 2007-08-26 18:28|| Front Page Top

#5 We may very well end up in a situation where we spent billions of dollars on these vehicles, yet are suffering higher losses.

So are you pontificating, merely pointing out the possible ramifications, wringing your hands, or making a subtle plea for immediate withdrawal?

Posted by Pappy 2007-08-26 21:42|| 2007-08-26 21:42|| Front Page Top

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