question about the MRAP + depressing stories about it

[Goosemaster]

link@ wiki with info about it


USA Story timelining the MRAP's deployment (or lack therof)


Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committeesays armor too heavy to MRAP's


Is their strategy just to load the thing up with the thickest hulls period? @ 40kLB Payload Capacity it is a beast. Anyone know anything about what they are doing to modify these things?


Couldn't one design reduandant V hulls or something of the sort without exponentially increasing the armor or is that all there is to it?

 

[darkswordsman17]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
link@ wiki with info about it


USA Story timelining the MRAP's deployment [or lack therof


Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committeesays armor too heavy to MRAP's


Is their strategy just to load the thing up with the thickest hulls period? @ 40kLB Payload Capacity it is a beast. Anyone know anything about what they are doing to modify these things?


Couldn't one design reduandant V hulls or something of the sort without exponentially increasing the armor or is that all there is to it?

From your first link:

MRAP vehicles are usually built with a "V" shaped hull that assists deflection of a mine or IED blast away from the vehicle?s interior keeping the passengers safe and the vehicle intact.

Your second link is screwed up, you have a ] before the http

 

[TallBill]

2 guys I play volleyball with were in a truck that got EFP'd and are in Germany. Bad news. I'll leave it at that, since the enemy is watching!

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: darkswordsman17

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
link@ wiki with info about it


USA Story timelining the MRAP's deployment [or lack therof


Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committeesays armor too heavy to MRAP's


Is their strategy just to load the thing up with the thickest hulls period? @ 40kLB Payload Capacity it is a beast. Anyone know anything about what they are doing to modify these things?


Couldn't one design reduandant V hulls or something of the sort without exponentially increasing the armor or is that all there is to it?

From your first link:

MRAP vehicles are usually built with a "V" shaped hull that assists deflection of a mine or IED blast away from the vehicle?s interior keeping the passengers safe and the vehicle intact.

I know...the point is that the EFP's can still perforate the hull.(terminology?) I'm guessing that this new armor does much to prevent such a thing, but couldn't a solution be reached besides just packing in the layers an overweighign them?

Originally posted by: TallBill
2 guys I play volleyball with were in a truck that got EFP'd and are in Germany. Bad news. I'll leave it at that, since the enemy is watching!

That sucks man I'm guessing that they were in an MRAP

I hope they are okay, and it is really really bad, I hope they can get though with it and/ or don't suffer too much

 

[imported_Imp]

One of those or a truck very similar with a V-shaped based shape just got blown up with 6 Canadians(Afghanistan) in it last week: all dead. Not sure what kind of explosives they said were used. So the 'safety' they claim it has is pretty overblown/hyped. Maybe it's better than some things, but it isn't unstoppable.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Imp
One of those or a truck very similar with a V-shaped based shape just got blown up with 6 Canadians(Afghanistan) in it last week: all dead. Not sure what kind of explosives they said were used. So the 'safety' they claim it has is pretty overblown/hyped. Maybe it's better than some things, but it isn't unstoppable.

:Q