From: Steve Grammont (islander@midmaine.com)
Date: Thu Oct 21 2004 - 10:53:25 PDT
Hi again Ryan,
>The Remote Weapons station also meant that the commander wasn't head
>out and there to take the roll the bad way. He was probably down
>inside tweaking the camera around looking at the IED and the Air
>Guard dude was probably down under armor too.
Very true.
Note to anybody looking at the commentary associated with that picture...
The IED hit the left side of the vehicle. The right side is shown in the
picture. The bomb was located on the roadway, out in the open, and the
Stryker passed probably within 10-15 feet of the point of detonation.
The blast was huge and totally engulfed the Stryker. I know this because
the insurgents were kind enough to video the thing and post it to various
websites (I saw the clip on CNN). The clip was short and cut off, but
from the two quick glimpses I had of it I didn't see the Stryker flip
over, but instead continue to drive on through the explosion. However,
the quality of the video was bad, it was replayed on TV in a small
window, and the blast obscured the vehicle for perhaps as long as it took
to flip. So in short, I can't comment on the flipping or driving away
bits based on what I saw when I saw it. The only clear thing is the
vehicle survived the blast basically intact.
Steve
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