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Yes, up well above eye level, wearing a big vehicle helmet, and with a machine gun in front of you. A great way to win hearts and minds! Not to mention being a nice big target for a sniper.
Yes, up well above eye level, wearing a big vehicle helmet, and with a machine gun in front of you. A great way to win hearts and minds! Not to mention being a nice big target for a sniper.
Ah now, it's easy to be critical... (I should know)
As you get older you learn that life is about compromises, picking the best out of a selection of imperfect alternatives, getting the balance right... Take the case of an LTAV on a peacekeeping/peace enforcement mission, for example. You want a show of force, to deter the bad guys and provide security for the community, but you don't want to imtimidate ordinary people or provoke them into siding with the enemy. You want your troops to be as secure as possible too, but you also want positive interaction with the local people, both to win their support for your mission and to pick up some intelligence.
As you can see from some of the earlier posts in this thread, there was a discussion about whether or not the LTAV should have openable windows. One of the advantages of being able to open the window was said to be that you could interact with the 'natives' (not sure if that's a politically correct term..). However apparently this is not feasible with an armoured vehicle and thick bulletproof windows. Someone remarked that you could always meet and greet by opening the door of the vehicle. The roof hatch is another, possibly more secure option.
Don't people expect soldiers to wear helmets and have guns? And snipers will always be a risk, unless you're buttoned up in an MBT the whole time.
The troops could always dismount and have a proper chat with the locals?
Would having a wind-down armoured window not increase the armour protection of the actual door?
Seriously though, armour is heavy. The Dingo has hydraulic assisted doors which apparently are prone to breakage. Not sure if this problem has been fixed.
Would having a wind-down armoured window not increase the armour protection of the actual door?
And leave a big open hole where it once was!!
It complicates every thing. Hydraulic hoses going into doors. You lose seal if deflected by bullet strike. Not to mention increasing the price, maintenance and chances of it breaking half way down
Can we just all forget about the roll down windows. Otherwise it will develop into whether the LTAV should be a convertible
Just look at every vehicle posted on this page. See NO ROLL DOWN WINDOWS!
I do realise that. But it still proves that you are minimising your balistic protection. the round were coming through the door before any windows were put down.
Sir I cant find my peltors........Private they are on your face
If they were painted grey they could pass for PSNI land rovers
Seriously though how often is such a vehicle needed.
Is this just Willie looking for more toys for the boys
anything that adds not only to our protection but to
our safety
cannot be simply dismissed as a toy
But in reality I am sure you were simply joking
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
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