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Armor Pr0n.

By The Armorer on March 15, 2006 | | Comments (10) | TrackBacks (1)

Light Armor, to be sure.

U.S. Army SSgt. William Black performs Squad Leader duties onboard a Stryker combat vehicle with 2nd. Battalion, 1st. Infantry Regiment, 172nd. Infantry Brigade, patrol Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 14, 2006. (U.S. Air Force photo byTech. Sgt. John M. Foster) (Released)

U.S. Army SSgt. William Black performs Squad Leader duties onboard a Stryker combat vehicle with 2nd. Battalion, 1st. Infantry Regiment, 172nd. Infantry Brigade, patrol Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 14, 2006. (U.S. Air Force photo byTech. Sgt. John M. Foster) (Released)

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The 1 Million Celebration Post from Techography on March 15, 2006 9:14 PM

So we've hit 1 million hits finally.So what do you do when you hit 1 million? You spread the love man!First is a story of determination which contains an intresting supporting character...My father.And I can't wait to get my hands on one of theseChuck ... Read More

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By Chuck Simmins on March 15, 2006 8:41 AM
What is the barrelled object in the lower right? A sight or a weapon? What's the big piece of steel standing vertical in front of the soldier?
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 15, 2006 9:19 AM
Chuck, I don't know what the "barreled object" is, except I'm pretty sure it's not a weapon. Unless I'm mistaken (I'll defer to Stryker soldiers) the big vertical bit is a wire breaker.
 
By Heartless Libertarian on March 15, 2006 11:21 AM
If you're refering to that little widget adjacent to the driver's hatch, I believe it's the driver's night vision system. Neat thing, it's thermal instead of light amplification. They ID the unit as 2-1 IN, but to the best of my recollection, it was the engineer variants that had the DNV mounted in that position, so it could see over the plow or rollers. Other variants had the DNV in front of the driver's hatch. Then again, they may have moved it on later production models to make it all the same.
 
By MajMike on March 15, 2006 12:13 PM
oh now really!! i was expecting some armor pr0n, not this kiddie stuff. i likes em big!
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 15, 2006 12:32 PM
Yer stuck in the past, MajMike. This is the future! Heh.
 
By KCSteve on March 15, 2006 1:15 PM
I notice there's the mark of at least one direct hit on the shield he's standing behind. Good thing it's there!
 
By Heartless Libertarian on March 15, 2006 1:26 PM
And note that he's maintaining a proper eyeball defilade behind that shield, too.
 
By Heartless Libertarian on March 15, 2006 1:29 PM
Oh, and I don't have any pics myself, but how about Engineer pr0n for the unclaimed day? Blowing stuff up all up close and personal like.
 
By BloodSpite on March 15, 2006 1:55 PM
Engineer stuff would be cool I was going to suggest Experimental stuff myself. A lot of folks don't realise how much failed military hardware (failed is actually not a good word to use, I know) ends up on the civilian counters. Things">http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/armyweapons/a/arwater.htm">Things like the new Water Generating Exhaust system for the HHMVW Stuff like that might draw some intrested folks, and even folks who don't realise just how much military research benefits everyone else. Just my thoughts anyway
 
By cw4(ret)billt on March 15, 2006 3:30 PM
A lot of folks don't realise how much failed military hardware (failed is actually not a good word to use, I know) ends up on the civilian counters. One of my buds used to work at the Property Disposal Office (aka, the Original Army/Navy Store) at Lakehurst. He could always tell when a shipment of prototypes arrived from the 'lectronic labs at Monmouth because nobody had a clue as to what they were or had been designed to do--even after reading the descriptions. And he wouldn't let me play with the Star Wars stuff, the bassett. Said they were still trying to figure out how to tell the Base Commander where the hole in Hangar No. 1 came from...