Reply #97: chill, please

[FogerRox]

I have reread this thread and I believe that I have come to the problem. The problem as I see it is the ignorant

wrong move calling my peeps ignant, time for me to ask for you to say
"SORRY"

think this is a panacea. There is no such thing as armor that can't be defeated. Hell, they even managed to do a couple of Abrams tanks."

Couple of what? Dozen, scores, hundreds? Those newer RPGs are crippleing M-1s, left and right.

The judicious use of the appropriate ballistic protection . . . . .. . .

. . . .No one goes into theater without being issued the current standard. Nobody. Compliance is another issue. That is up to the individual commander to enforce.

Dude, while you were over there...... we were reading newspaper reports and hearing interviews of Marines and troops on the radio, saying the EXACT opposite of what you are saying. Officers too/ SOoooo respectfully, it might be you are full of shit..

To me, a good analogy is IT. Look how long it takes for a corporation to move up to a new operating system - why is that?

Microsoft Windows reference? Who the fuck trusts MS? Is that how troops view the vendors that supply their equipment?

A lot of that privately purchased armor hasn't been through the testing process yet. DragonSkin hasn't. DOD has requested 30 sets for independent testing. The company says they can't provide it until May

- Again, thats the opposite of what we have heard stateside. I respectfully suggest that you take your playbook and fold it 5 times and put it where the moon doesnt shine.

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One of the defining characteristics of an army is uniformity.

Uniformity? Rumsfeld said you go to war with what you have. I recall a time when
M-1 tanks could be found with the (IIRC)105mm & the 120mm smoothbore. Of course you know the answer to why that was, and it doesnt need to even be said, does it?. In fact I bet there were M-60s serving at the same time as M-1s.

We cant trust what you say, and we dont have verification. SO maybe you could shut it down and chill.