Soldiers Upgrading Armor on Humvees: Report
IRAQ WAR
COMMENTLINE
In WW II, Allied soldiers invading Normandy became bogged down when they encountered German resistance nested within the impassable Bocage country hedgerows. Military intelligence had underestimated the depth and height of these obstacles. Invasion planners assumed the hedgerows were simply thick shrubs that could be easily driven through instead of vehicle stopping ancient earthen mound walls. Thus, in 1944, the military came unprepared for the fight.
The battlefield ingenuity of American soldiers prevailed when they welded a few iron beams into plows on the front of their Sherman tanks. This on-the-fly adaptation allowed them to smash right through the hedgerows and take the fight forward.
Then as it is now, it would be remiss to criticize the troops or the government for being unprepared. Rather, we should take pride in the ingenuity of the American soldier in rising to the task at hand.
Unlike then, as evidenced in the story linked below, we now have a shameful media who cannot help but backhandedly criticize the military every time there is something good to report.
NEWSLINE
"There is no Humvee armor strong enough to protect against roadside bombs packed with thousands of pounds of explosives."
NEWSBYTE
AP: Soldiers Upgrading Armor on Humvees
TIKRIT, Iraq - Soldiers exposed to Iraq's increasingly lethal roadside bombs, which can rip through armored Humvees, are drawing on wartime experience and stateside expertise to protect their vehicles with stronger armor and thermal detection cameras. Read full story.
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COMMENTLINEIn WW II, Allied soldiers invading Normandy became bogged down when they encountered German resistance nested within the impassable Bocage country hedgerows. Military intelligence had underestimated the depth and height of these obstacles. Invasion planners assumed the hedgerows were simply thick shrubs that could be easily driven through instead of vehicle stopping ancient earthen mound walls. Thus, in 1944, the military came unprepared for the fight.
The battlefield ingenuity of American soldiers prevailed when they welded a few iron beams into plows on the front of their Sherman tanks. This on-the-fly adaptation allowed them to smash right through the hedgerows and take the fight forward.
Then as it is now, it would be remiss to criticize the troops or the government for being unprepared. Rather, we should take pride in the ingenuity of the American soldier in rising to the task at hand.
Unlike then, as evidenced in the story linked below, we now have a shameful media who cannot help but backhandedly criticize the military every time there is something good to report.
NEWSLINE
"There is no Humvee armor strong enough to protect against roadside bombs packed with thousands of pounds of explosives."
NEWSBYTE
AP: Soldiers Upgrading Armor on Humvees
TIKRIT, Iraq - Soldiers exposed to Iraq's increasingly lethal roadside bombs, which can rip through armored Humvees, are drawing on wartime experience and stateside expertise to protect their vehicles with stronger armor and thermal detection cameras. Read full story.
Tags: terrorism, Middle East, Iraq, war, military
Global Tags: Washington DC, News and politics, News, Politics, Current Events, Current Affairs, Life
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