[TheForge] RE: armour was (Re: OT rant (armor))

[Michael H. Murphy]

That gun truck looks a lot like some of the stuff we rigged up in Vietnam.
Similar problems, similar solutions.

Murf

> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:theforge-
> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Rob Fertner
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 9:49 PM
> To: 'Sponsored by ABANA'
> Subject: RE: [TheForge] RE: armour was (Re: OT rant (armor))
> 
> Check this editorial from the Wall Street Journal
> http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/bminiter/?id=110006024
> 
> And than this Video link on how to armor a HumVee
> http://www.garybecks.com/humvee/index.html
> (you need QuickTime to see the video)
> 
> Both are interesting.
> Rob
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of K Donahoe
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 4:03 PM
> To: Sponsored by ABANA
> Subject: [TheForge] RE: armour was (Re: OT rant (armor))
> 
> Folks,
> 
> This may also be much ado about nothing... I've been reading some
> milblogs
> the last few weeks and the issue of armor is highly individual amongst
> the
> soldiers (or the few I've read).  It turns a Highly Mobile Miltary
> Vehicle
> into Less Mobile.  Aparently many don't like doors on their charges as
> it
> impedes rapid exit.  Other things have pro's and con's as well and not
> all
> of them desire the armor.  With 75% of them armored (news report)
> there's
> likely a large political aspect to it's profile in the news of late.
> 
> In other news, we had a bangup time in the forge yesterday.  A friend
> (electrical engineer) and his visiting friend (comp programmer) stopped
> by
> to feel the heat and beat on hot iron and we fashioned a couple of
> bottle
> openers for a quicky project that allowed them to take something home.
> Got
> me out of fr*(&%'n house remodeling for a fun while :)
> 
> Kevin Donahoe
> Flying Pig Forge
> Morrow, OH 45152
> flyinpig at go-concepts.com
> 
>     ------Original Message-----
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>     -[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of
>     -debmiller at fuse.net
>     -Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 2:20 PM
>     -To: Sponsored by ABANA
>     -Subject: Re: Re: [TheForge] armour was (Re: OT rant (armor))
>     -
>     -
>     -O'Gara, Hess and Eisenhardt is right up the road in Fairfield,
> Ohio.
>     -
>     -They are the "production" armor plating business. A year ago
>     -they were doing something like 100 a month, then all of a
>     -sudden, they are now producing something like 450 a month, and
>     -still have capacity for more, and the pentagon just announced
>     -they have entered into negotiations to increase the
> output.............
>     -
>     -Makes you go hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
>     -
>     -Ray
>     -Cincinnati
>     -
>     ->
>     -> From: TristerK at aol.com
>     -> Date: 2004/12/14 Tue PM 01:17:32 EST
>     -> To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
>     -> Subject: Re: [TheForge] armour was (Re: OT rant (armor))
>     ->
>     -> In a message dated 12/14/04 1:10:32 PM Eastern Standard
>     -Time, ghs at execpc.com
>     -> writes:
>     -> depleted uranium plate.
>     -> ????
>     -> DU Armor? Right next to the magnesium plate and just down
>     -the aisle from the
>     -> sheets of C4 we use to protect the gas tanks.
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