From: Rick (lathrrs@snip.net)
Date: Thu Aug 07 2003 - 12:08:26 PDT
Guys this is all deja vu. I would suggest that someone visit the Army
Military History Library in Carlisle Barracks, PA and read all the ACTIV
reports on convoys and convoy security that were written during Vietnam. The
cold rolled steel won't do much for stopping rounds but it could be used for
making spaced armor. I thought that the Army had armor kits for thier
trucks. if I remember right a kit was surplused a while ago and a member on
the list had pics of it.
If they make gun trucks and bring in the MP's with thier Armored Security
Vehicle(modified V150) it will defienetly be Vietnam convoy security all
over again. Interestingly one of the MP units with the ASV is the 720th
which furnished convoy security in Vietnam with V-100's.
Rick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gavin Broad" <invest@portsmouth-mann.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 1:02 PM
Subject: [MV] Gun trucks in Iraq?
> Hi Chaps,
>
> I would be very interested to hear what protection cold-rolled steel
> will provide against an RPG round .........and I want to hear from
> people who KNOW, NOT from those with an opinion.
>
> As a qualified metallurgist ( albeit in a former incarnation), I can
> only imagine that it would be like holing up a newspaper, when, before,
> one only had arsewipe.
>
> Just a thought.
> Gavin in yet-to-be-blown-up Bangkok.
> Gav.
>
>
>
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