From: Ad 

Frank Haber wrote:
> Curiosity questions for you mil-watchers:
>
> o Is the Bradley really as bad as the movie said?  Why does the US have
> no high, angled-bottom troop transport, for IED protection?  Everyone
> else seems to use them in abundance.  And are they badly slope-limited,
> because they're so high?
>

Coz they were built to charge across the North German plain in a gotterdammerung.

No insurgents planting IED's when the red army was rolling west.

> o If something like a fuel-air drum flips a tank or gun platform, do all
> have emergency exit hatches that can be blown to let the poor deaf
> blighters out?


Generally no. Brute force & ignorance is the preferred method as
explosive etc charges round the doors would not be a fun thing to have in
an AFV.

Adam

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