Comments on: Army’s Greatest Inventions for 2006

By: alan

alan — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:44:57 +0000

Greetings,
Knowing this is a long-shot and it’s likely that this is the wrong site, but I have an idea on how to save live’s in the field of IED’s. It’s rather simple and no doubt inexpensive. Could you get back to me on where/how I can offer this concept to the US Military?
Thanks,
A. Williams

By: Demophilus

Demophilus — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:14:05 +0000

Richard:
Looks like the Army’s ordering more M1117s:
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/2007/06/usa-orders-369-more-m1117-asvs/index.php
Not for nothing, but what’s your opinion on the old M113?
I mean, I realize it’s got a checkered past, but then again, so many of us do.
There’s a whole brouhaha over the 113 vs. Humvee vs. Stryker vs. Bradley, etc., etc. between various sites and blogs (for example, http://www.combatreform.com). AFAICS, the big argument against the 113 is it’s not a Bradley, or a Stryker. Is it better than a Humvee?

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:36:57 +0000

there are some good photos of these devices here:
http://content.zdnet.com/2346-9595_22-91790–1.html

By: Demophilus

Demophilus — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:57:00 +0000

Sweet Jesus, Nestor — what kind of doctor ARE you?
Sure hope you’re not a pediatrician. Or, a proctologist.
Oncologist, maybe. Yeah, that works.

By: Forrest Langley

Forrest Langley — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:09:52 +0000

We have spent billions of dollars trying to defeat ieds. I was in youseffiah, Iraq and we hit ieds almost every day. The ieds were set off most of the time from behind the reeds. When we were ambushed it came from behind the reeds because we cant see what behind them. No one ever burned the reeds down or use pesticide on them. A cost effective way of lowering your exposure to ieds and rpgs and ambushes would be to burn the reeds down. Why we are not doing that I dont know. All the reeds do is provide cover for the terrorists. They would have much less places to launch there attacks from if the reeds were burned to the ground after using a herbacide to kill them.

By: Richard Denham

Richard Denham — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:27:45 +0000

The Blowtorch was a bloody failure, we drove around with those stupid things leading the convoy and it turns out they DID NOT work!! They were finally removed by the EWO. While I am on the subject of things that dont work, how about a replacement for the sorry excuse of a fighting vehicle HMMWV. It is horribly overladen with armor, so underpowered it’s embarassing and the electrical system is taxed to the max. I do see Iraqi Army using the newer Mine Resistant Vehicles and loads of M1117’s, must be nice.