I can assure you, the most current HMMWV, the M1151, really can't be made to be more "armored." We're really at the end of the line for the "improvement" of the HMMWV. Again, though, I got no real complaints with the vehicle, so I see no issue with that. I can see a bigger, better powerplant maybe. More oomph for the ungodly bloat...
As long as we're talking opinions here, I say we re-focus on letting meat-eaters be meat-eaters and tell the military-industrial complex to calm down. I wish whiny soccermoms would just shut up sometimes about going overboard protecting their sons by writing their congressmen. THe amount of crap we wear, the amount of crap we buy and spend our tax money on--all to make it look like we can make war "safe" somehow. All at the behest of "well-meaning" types who "want the best" for their soldiers. I didn't need those 8 extra MRAPS they dumped on me (the ones we had weren't used to begin with). And I fear that it's only a matter of years where I'll be wearing a bear suit to walk down the street or riding some new "Mine Proof" vehicle. Honest: there's only one way to be "mine resistant, ambush protected," and it ain't riding in a bank delivery truck.
My thoughts on all this: 1)let soldiers figure out what we need and request for, not the manufacturers, and 2)have congress actually control purse strings, not bend over backwards to either whiny moms, manufacturers, or even the soldiers themselves //end soapbox.
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