Also shows the value of actual military vehicles over shitty technicals.
But HMMWVs vulnerability to mines and IEDs is what triggered the development of the original US MRAP family, so everyone surviving is probably more of a case speaking against the type of mine they hit rather than for the vehicle’s mine resistence.
Absolutely. In a perfect world, we would supply enough MRAPs, Busmasters and similar vehicles to Ukrainian infantry.
Unfortunately we don’t have enough for our own needs. The Australian military still has G-Wagons.
We do have plenty of M113’s and Humvees.
Sure, they’re not as good as the bigger troop transpors, but: what are the alternatives?
Usually unarmoured technicals. Realistically speaking, we don’t even have enough of those! I donated to NAFO’s 69th sniffing brigade to buy vehicles.
If I was there, I’d rather sit in a Humvee or M113 than in a technical.
You say “our own needs”. Who are you referring to? What countries with MRAPs are participating in active warfare right now? Surely somebody could spare a few (hundred)
Aw crap. Glad they survived. Also shows the value of actual military vehicles over shitty technicals.
Not sure they would have fared as well in an unarmoured Hilux, Navara or Triton.
Something that surprised me is that there isn’t a better way to collect used cartridges from the machine gun at the top.
But HMMWVs vulnerability to mines and IEDs is what triggered the development of the original US MRAP family, so everyone surviving is probably more of a case speaking against the type of mine they hit rather than for the vehicle’s mine resistence.
Absolutely. In a perfect world, we would supply enough MRAPs, Busmasters and similar vehicles to Ukrainian infantry.
Unfortunately we don’t have enough for our own needs. The Australian military still has G-Wagons. We do have plenty of M113’s and Humvees.
Sure, they’re not as good as the bigger troop transpors, but: what are the alternatives? Usually unarmoured technicals. Realistically speaking, we don’t even have enough of those! I donated to NAFO’s 69th sniffing brigade to buy vehicles.
If I was there, I’d rather sit in a Humvee or M113 than in a technical.
You say “our own needs”. Who are you referring to? What countries with MRAPs are participating in active warfare right now? Surely somebody could spare a few (hundred)
You don’t want to be without caught equipment in a potential war with china
Right because an Army of tanks in America is super relevant to a war in China