Actually had our US military had these instead of HumVees in Iraq our death toll would be much much lower. TO send GI's into a armed insurgency equipped with thin skinned vehicles is just criminal.
I am not questioning the war only the way the Idiot generals chose how to fight it and The idiot politicians who choose not to fund or equip our army
Britain in NI, the Rhodesian's, the South African's, the Israeli's, the Russians and Soviets before them all learned the hard way the putting soldier's in tin cans and sending them into armed conflict only results in dead bodies.
Mine resistant, bullet resistant vehicles for patrol and supression have been in active use for near fifty years. However, our military leaders chose to think that no one would resist us and we would be welcomed with open arms. WE have thousands of armored cars perfect for this use sitting on american and foreign soil right now, as protection vehicles for nuclear power plants, airforce bases, etc where the risk is very very low, but where we need it, we send in lightly modified civilian vehicles.
Look at the british, south african and israeli vehicles meant for border patrol and it is possible to see where borrowing a little something from our allies might very well have saved 2000 american lives.
