From: Adam Flinton 

Jeff Shultz wrote:

> On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 22:21:50 -0500, Robert Comer wrote:
>
>
>>>It's a utility truck, nothing more. People got killed running around in
>>>Jeeps, people get killed running around in Humvee's. Be happy they don't
>>>still have Gamma Goats.
>>
>>It seems as if they are targeting some of them more as combat vehicles,
>>and other front-line work like electronics and C&C -- these roles need
>>protection.
>>
>>But anyway, most of the people getting killed right now are not front line
>>people, but they are important to the war as well and should have all the
>>protection they we can give them.  Live with it isn't an acceptable answer
>>when there *is* something better.
>
>
> That's part of the problem - electronics and C&C that have required a
> serious vehicle-borne system haven't really been "front-line
work" until
> now. And still isn't really, except that with an insurgency and with
> forces located within towns, "rear-area" isn't. I suppose
that "something
> better" would be the M4 C&C vehicle, which was a project to
turn a Bradley
> into an M577 - the result resembled a beetle, actually. I'm not sure that
> they went into series production with it. And it's not exactly what you
> want to take on a patrol through the streets of Baghdad, either.
>

You need some of these:

http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/av/av_sul.htm

or it's sisters e.g.:

http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/av/av_spn.htm

Built off the Scorpion base, it has low impact tracks etc so it's OK for
roads, it's fast (up to 70 mph) which can be usefull when hostiles with rpg
come calling & is easy to service.


Adam

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