soldierzhonor
Active member
-No plates in the legs because the legs usually dont stick out of the turret-
There was a CPP that was hit by a VBIED here and the entire crew survived but was pretty rattled. The vehicle was blown back 40 feet. Survivability is getting better and better. Our own gun trucks were hit by a daisy chain. Noone was injured and the vehicles blew straight through. The only thing that hurt anyone was it got one man to start smoking lol. Now the CROWS system is in country and will be started to be given out to increase survivability of soldiers. Better body armor, better protection and reduction of danger to the troops, they are doing what they can for us over here as far as protection. We lost a soldier in our BN to an IED because of hillbilly armor on an old 916. The armor sustained the blast but a piece of the blast went over the angled window piece and under the kevlar rim. Now new armor is showing up for the 923's. If they want to cover the body with armor, they really should do something for the legs for the dismounts. Im not a dismount, Im a gunner on a gun truck, would the dismounts want the extra armor for protection, or would it be a considerable burden with the added weight?
There was a CPP that was hit by a VBIED here and the entire crew survived but was pretty rattled. The vehicle was blown back 40 feet. Survivability is getting better and better. Our own gun trucks were hit by a daisy chain. Noone was injured and the vehicles blew straight through. The only thing that hurt anyone was it got one man to start smoking lol. Now the CROWS system is in country and will be started to be given out to increase survivability of soldiers. Better body armor, better protection and reduction of danger to the troops, they are doing what they can for us over here as far as protection. We lost a soldier in our BN to an IED because of hillbilly armor on an old 916. The armor sustained the blast but a piece of the blast went over the angled window piece and under the kevlar rim. Now new armor is showing up for the 923's. If they want to cover the body with armor, they really should do something for the legs for the dismounts. Im not a dismount, Im a gunner on a gun truck, would the dismounts want the extra armor for protection, or would it be a considerable burden with the added weight?