RODETS saving lives.

[RoyalGreenJacket]

[RoyalGreenJacket]

agreed - it's the way forward and given we have had armoured vehicles for nearly a hundred years it's a shame it has taken us all so long to invest in such training

[ARNGScout]

the US has different size ones. When we arrived in-country it was one of three required tasks (the others were weapons zero and IED lane). I'd done the Humvee one before. It's good training - didn't like the feeling but it gave you a good sense of what to do - helped our lads out on a few occasions.

[RoyalGreenJacket]

Didn't CT post details of his experiences in their one some time back??

i think so. apparently it is mandatory for all of our soldiers do it now on Pre-Deployment Training and RSOI in Afghan so every soldier also will be trained in Roll Over Drills and Egress from armoured vehicles.

makes sense.

[Goldie fish]

Didn't CT post details of his experiences in their one some time back??

[turbocalves]

I was thinking that the top pic looks like a mastiff, but that said if it is one size its still better than nothing

[RoyalGreenJacket]

Does it only come in one size for all vehicles? or are there different sizes for say mastiff and panther?

i'm not too sure mate, i saw a pic of a smaller one in Germany that could perhaps replicate a Panther but the most seem to be for the Mastiff troop carriers.

[turbocalves]

Does it only come in one size for all vehicles? or are there different sizes for say mastiff and panther?

[RoyalGreenJacket]

Roll Over Drills Egress Trainers (RODETs), armoured hulls kitted out just like a real vehicle that can be completely rotated, are teaching British troops in Afghanistan how to escape from their vehicles if they roll over on difficult terrain, or following an IED blast.



f one of the British Army's latest generation of armoured vehicles is struck by an improvised explosive device, or rolls over on difficult terrain, the soldiers inside need to know how to protect themselves and safely exit the vehicle.



Two RODET units, which can simulate a vehicle rolling and coming to rest upside down or on its side, are in use at Camp Bastion (and eight further units in the UK/Germany), and every soldier likely to go 'outside the wire' experiences the delights of going for a spin.

Every move is watched by the operator using a series of night-vision cameras mounted inside the simulator.

A clean vehicle is a safe vehicle, even in the dusty wastes of Afghanistan, as RODET instructor Sergeant Andy Hale of the 9/12 Royal Lancers pointed out:

"As soon as the hull turns over you can see all the dirt and gravel on the floor of the vehicle fly upwards. The same thing happens in an IED strike. The guys learn to keep their protective glasses on, even in the vehicle, but they still come out of the RODET with a face full of dust."

read more here: http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/EquipmentAndLogistics/ASpinCycleThatIsSavingLivesInHelmand.htm

great bit of kit by all accounts - i can't wait to have a go in one.