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BAE SYSTEMS TO PROVIDE BAR-ARMOR KITS FOR 215 U.S. ARMY ROUTE CLEARANCE VEHICLES
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 Bulk em up and get some protection around them thar trucks

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — BAE Systems will provide lightweight bar-armor kits for 215 U.S. Army Route Clearance Vehicles under a contract with a not-to-exceed value of $14.5 million.

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bill (73) Senior board member | 2007-10-10 21:42:53
I'm reading lightweight aluminium and thinking ???? - I guess that it must do it's job - but that is not the material which imediately comes to mind when I think of armour plate. I'd like to get a job as a tester, where do I apply - I can imagine that firing missiles at trucks and measuring the impact would be a lot of fun
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Jonno (92) Senior board member | 2007-10-11 06:35:11
I guess that it comes down to the design and what you are trying to stop - my first reaction was that aluminum must be too soft, but maybe it absorbs a lot of the explosive energy ? maybe less shrapnel, thats always a killer in an explosion. Whatever it is - thats what they are going to run with - I'm just thank full that I won't be in the front line to report on the effect
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