Iraqi Up-Armored Humvee

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 02/12/2014 at 10:21 • Filed to: None

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Necessity is the mother of invention, I suppose.

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Frank Grimes > ttyymmnn 02/12/2014 at 10:22

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stealth mode or kinja'd?

ttyymmnn > Frank Grimes 02/12/2014 at 10:23

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World's best camouflage. Actually, Kinja'd. I uploaded instead of linking, let's see if that fixes it.

I_AmDeath > ttyymmnn 02/12/2014 at 10:24

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I mean if you look at an armored vehicle what are you going to aim for? Tires. With an IED on an armored vehicle you can blow out the tires. It doesn't matter how well you absorb that explosion if you can't move.

Frank Grimes > ttyymmnn 02/12/2014 at 10:25

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yup I see it clearly now.

gt6xxer > ttyymmnn 02/12/2014 at 10:26

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This is why we are building the J-LTV.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > I_AmDeath 02/12/2014 at 10:27

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From what I hear it just isn't a good idea to be in a Humvee anywhere near IED's...

I imagine these are well armored/reinforced tires with sidewalls that won't cave in from a few bullets?

ttyymmnn > I_AmDeath 02/12/2014 at 10:27

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I'm guessing this is more about stopping small arms than protecting against an IED. Note the cage over the gun turret. The only thing that's going to stop is rocks and bottles. This vehicle may be intended more for crowd control or an urban environment where IEDs aren't as much of a concern. I don't imagine there's much of anything on that vehicle that will stop an RPG.

I_AmDeath > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 02/12/2014 at 10:29

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They use BF goodrich(EDIT:They are goodyears) tires that are some variation of runflat's.

I_AmDeath > ttyymmnn 02/12/2014 at 10:30

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Well that as well of course but if someone in front of you deals with an IED this would deal with shrapnel nicely.

spanfucker retire bitch > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 02/12/2014 at 10:46

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Correct. Humvees were never designed to be heavily armored troop transporters. The fact they can even be modified to accommodate heavy armor is testament to their modularity.

But even having said that, there's a reason why we have MRAPs.

RobBobJoe > I_AmDeath 02/12/2014 at 11:38

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They have solid rubber inserts, which are a huge pain in the ass to install.

I_AmDeath > RobBobJoe 02/12/2014 at 11:47

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Fuck. I'm on a roll today for having to correct myself. I'm now giving up on issuing facts until I can sleep.

RobBobJoe > I_AmDeath 02/12/2014 at 14:55

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Oh, the tires themselves are pretty badass, but it's the inserts that let us keep a rolling.

pollenstein > ttyymmnn 02/13/2014 at 03:00

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for directional stability?

1950's styling hommage?