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Dec. 10th, 2004 10:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingAllegedly, the American armor production holdup is not in vehicles, but in the armor production itself.
This would tend to contradict what the vehicle manufacturer said, when he said that he could be increasing his *armored vehicle production* by another 20% if asked, but it could be possible he was referring only to the vehicles themselves and not to the extra armor plating.
Then again, the blog reporting this also cites Townhall.com as a reliable source, making *anything* it says dubious at best.
Interesting facts on the armor, from the manufacturer.
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Addendum:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2004/02/mil-040206-usa02.htm
This is Army News, pointing out that the number required by Central Command of armored vehicles is being met, and also this:
"Weighing about 2,000 pounds more than a standard Humvee, the first up-armored version came off the production line in 1996. In addition to steel plating and ballistic-resistant windows around the cab of the vehicle that offer better protection against small arms fire and shrapnel, it has steel plating underneath that offers protection against up to eight pounds of explosive beneath the engine to four pounds in the cargo area."
- which points out that the *CERAMIC* armor that there is allegedly a shortage of, is not what's used in the humvees. Thank you, Mr Wingnut, but Rumsfeld is lying again.
This would tend to contradict what the vehicle manufacturer said, when he said that he could be increasing his *armored vehicle production* by another 20% if asked, but it could be possible he was referring only to the vehicles themselves and not to the extra armor plating.
Then again, the blog reporting this also cites Townhall.com as a reliable source, making *anything* it says dubious at best.
Interesting facts on the armor, from the manufacturer.
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Addendum:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2004/02/mil-040206-usa02.htm
This is Army News, pointing out that the number required by Central Command of armored vehicles is being met, and also this:
"Weighing about 2,000 pounds more than a standard Humvee, the first up-armored version came off the production line in 1996. In addition to steel plating and ballistic-resistant windows around the cab of the vehicle that offer better protection against small arms fire and shrapnel, it has steel plating underneath that offers protection against up to eight pounds of explosive beneath the engine to four pounds in the cargo area."
- which points out that the *CERAMIC* armor that there is allegedly a shortage of, is not what's used in the humvees. Thank you, Mr Wingnut, but Rumsfeld is lying again.