Comments on: To Armor or Not to Armor? That is the Question

By: 2moon dil

2moon dil — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:28:40 +0000

because he always play the game, so we often together to play and chat and discuss how to earn the 2moon dil, at that day I told him, I liked him, but he did not say anything, I was very sad, unknowingly the tears streaming down.

By: fiesta Gold

fiesta Gold — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:16:09 +0000

In fact I think in the game the most important was not the fiesta Gold or the upgrade, in my mind play with friends and get more friendship were the most important.

By: Archlord gold

Archlord gold — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:03:35 +0000

In the two years I made many good friends also spend much money to buy the Archlord gold, but I do not have a little sad, because I make many good friends, they are very kindliness.

By: buy vis

buy vis — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 07:58:57 +0000

With an entire family of such characters to develop, players will finally get to buy vis experience the sort of MMORPG gameplay they have been craving for years.

By: cheap kamas

cheap kamas — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:05:43 +0000

So I take my all cheap kamas to help you, because it is unworthy much money.

By: ragnarok zeny

ragnarok zeny — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 07:03:13 +0000

I tried to point the mouse in front of the open spaced, magic happened, in my eyes is a wearing armor riding a bird in the above figures. RO I became the most incredible world in my eyes. I first arrived in RO, I did not know anything. Wave played on the four with me. First time I knew that the world of RF was also can sit aircraft, fight monster, and earn ragnarok zeny. I always behind with the wave, sometimes clearly in front of him, I would be with the people lost, and then he will be very angry to say that he did not play with me, behind with people also can lost. There almost every time we went out to play, I would be very unfortunate to kill the monster, related to the wave also was killed. Every such times, he would very angry and said he did not play with me, played with me always die.

By: Robert Staats

Robert Staats — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 03:37:07 +0000

I wish to think you for the 1114 Vehicle. It was a vehicle that was full of exploes blow up about two feet from my 1114. My vehicle was just passing it. The VCIED was gone but for the front wheels, my vehicle was damage and with only two small injuries myself being one and my gunner. This was the three time my vehicle was hit by IED’s and one vehicle bomb. Both times my vehicle was repaired and back in the fire after two days. I wish to think you and my wife for this vehicle.

By: Joe Katzman

Joe Katzman — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 03:50:26 +0000

A couple of things. First: FBCB2 is an intranet — but it’s more commonly known as “Blue Force Tracker” which is a critical component. That’s the one showing you where all friendly vehicles are, where identified enemies & vehciles are, etc. Very useful — Link-16 is the fighter pilot’s counterpart.
Second, Charles is dead-on. It’s the M114 Hummer that’s the pork feed-bucket. The problem is its FLAT bottom. That = mine-blast trap. In contrast, the South African RG-31 and Cougar/Buffalo variants have “V-Hulls” which as you might imagine deflect the blast off to the sides and away. Australia’s Bushmaster patrol vehicles have this too, and the net effect is that they’re way more survivable against mines.
There is no foolproof armor, of course. But the right kind, integrated into the design as well as slapped on, can make a great difference.

By: Charles

Charles — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 01:39:21 +0000

Bradley ain’t a “patrol” vehicle any more than a tank. They probably use Humvees because:
–There are more of them. More patrols out, more presence.
–Lighter, less maintainence intensive. Also ties into presence.
–The people can see you. They may be more receptive to interaction with the United States Army if they can walk up to the vehicle with a tip on insurgent hideouts than say, walking up to a thirty ton tank.
–Better situational awareness on a Humvee. I believe the new upgraded Bradleys removed the M231 firing port gun things, and extra armor would make it difficult for the people inside to react to threats from all sides. Additionally, the turret of Bradley makes it difficult to just put up a rear hatch and fight from the compartment (for the dismounts). Bradleys would have to…what’s the word…well, every other gun points left or right for overwatch, that kind of stuff.
–Tanks intimidate the population and reinforce the perception of occupation. Again, they alienate us from them more than we already are.
Then again, the Humvee inspires courage for an insurgent attacker, since he can actually blow one up for a change…

By: George W. Bush

George W. Bush — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 21:15:58 +0000

If the infantry needs an armoured patrol vehicle, don’t they already have the Bradley? Trying to turn a lightweight wheeled gp vehicle into an APC will result in a disaster which does the job of none of the above.
Now, I am not on the ground myself so I will not critize. I will observe that the British and the Iraqi police forces already compain that US forces spend too much time hunkered down/under armour, and not enough time talking to locals. Does something like this really help that situation?