Re: [MV] Stryker

>From the reading of the e-mail on video it does not say what type of bomb it
was but that they suspect it was a new type.

Back to the armor, it says the hatch was 4 inches thick. It doesn't mention
about the rest of the top.

Darrell

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From: "Ryan Gill" <rmgill@mindspring.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 6:19 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Stryker


At 12:12 AM -0700 10/21/04, Darrell Ramsell wrote:[color=blue]
> Actually Kyle was in a M-2 Bradley and not a Stryker. Kyle was saved
>because the armor above him was 4 inches thick and the IED went 3 inches
>deep. Unfortunately the blast blew through the top of the turret killing
>the vehicle commander and gunner. As Aaron pointed out the blast initially
>stunned and blinded Kyle who was the driver. As soon as Kyle realized what
>happened he hit the gas and was able to clear the area before insurgents
>could target the vehicle in an ambush.[/color]

Ahh. Tough luck there. Sounds like it did the
turret in and that acted as a buffer. Was it a
shaped charge or just a general HE blast?
[color=blue]
>As for the Stryker, I recently found an interesting picture in which the
>vehicle has a sort of fence around it.
>[url]http://www.drum.army.mil/division/avn/3_17cav/new%20web/Pictures/HHTpics/S3%20PIX/dec%2012/stryker%20ready.JPG[/url]
>My take on it that it's designed to either destroy or detonate RPGs before
>they can hit the vehicle.[/color]

a lot of the Vietnam era riverine craft had this
kind of standoff armor for protecting against
RPG.s Not a new thing.



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