Four wheels bad, two tracks good
Several summers ago, while spending most of my days deep in the gruntwork of programming LabView Vi's, I read a great deal of Military History in my free time. Anyway, I happened to read several books about Armored Calvary in Vietnam. Anyway, as a resault, I was interested to stumble on the current criticism of the US Army's wheeled armor (Up Armored Humvees and LAV's) in Iraq. Besides those who claim that there is a vast conspiracy involved, there seems to be a strong consensus that the military has been fed a high priced and vulnerable replacement for the Vietnam era M-113. It really sucks to think that a substantial fraction of the soldiers killed and wonded in Iraq might have been saved by spending LESS money.
Several summers ago, while spending most of my days deep in the gruntwork of programming LabView Vi's, I read a great deal of Military History in my free time. Anyway, I happened to read several books about Armored Calvary in Vietnam. Anyway, as a resault, I was interested to stumble on the current criticism of the US Army's wheeled armor (Up Armored Humvees and LAV's) in Iraq. Besides those who claim that there is a vast conspiracy involved, there seems to be a strong consensus that the military has been fed a high priced and vulnerable replacement for the Vietnam era M-113. It really sucks to think that a substantial fraction of the soldiers killed and wonded in Iraq might have been saved by spending LESS money.
posted by Bob at
8:42:00 PM
