We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/armor_pr0n.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:09:09 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 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) Still taking reader submissions for Friday, if anyone is interested.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/armor_pr0n.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/armor_pr0n.html Wed, 15 Mar 2006 06:45:40 -0600 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... ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/armor_pr0n.html#comment-42509 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/armor_pr0n.html#comment-42509 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:30:05 -0600 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 ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/armor_pr0n.html#comment-42505 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/armor_pr0n.html#comment-42505 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:55:42 -0600 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. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/armor_pr0n.html#comment-42503 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/armor_pr0n.html#comment-42503 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:29:27 -0600 And note that he's maintaining a proper eyeball defilade behind that shield, too. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/armor_pr0n.html#comment-42502 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/armor_pr0n.html#comment-42502 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:26:01 -0600 I notice there's the mark of at least one direct hit on the shield he's standing behind. Good thing it's there! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/armor_pr0n.html#comment-42501 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/armor_pr0n.html#comment-42501 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:15:13 -0600 Yer stuck in the past, MajMike. This is the future! Heh. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/armor_pr0n.html#comment-42499 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/armor_pr0n.html#comment-42499 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 12:32:11 -0600 oh now really!! i was expecting some armor pr0n, not this kiddie stuff. i likes em big! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/armor_pr0n.html#comment-42498 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/armor_pr0n.html#comment-42498 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 12:13:08 -0600 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. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/armor_pr0n.html#comment-42492 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/armor_pr0n.html#comment-42492 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 11:21:33 -0600 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. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/armor_pr0n.html#comment-42482 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/armor_pr0n.html#comment-42482 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:19:08 -0600 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? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/armor_pr0n.html#comment-42481 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/armor_pr0n.html#comment-42481 Wed, 15 Mar 2006 08:41:30 -0600