- SHAWN
what is a safer way to ride, sit on the deck completely?
- SHAWN
i couldnt imagine having your legs dangling in the inside the vehicle to be a good thing when hitting a mine.
- SHAWN
the pissing pic--
the tc's tub, the back of it, has had some additional skirting/aprons added to the sides of the hatch area, was that common?
- Roy_A_Lingle
Two thing to remember about legs.
1. NEVER hang them over the side. A blast wave will cut them off at the edge of the armor. That applies to arms also.
2. TCs riding in the M113 cupola, NEVER put any part of your body inside the turret ring. It was very common for a vehicle hitting a larger type land mine for the cupola to fly off. If your feet for example, where resting on the grab bar that is just under the hull top and in front of the TC's buttoned up position, the flying cupola will cut your legs off and leave your feet resting on that grab bar.
Sgt, Scouts Out!
Our M88A1s and M106A2 mortar tracks had them in Germany in the late 80s-early 90s.- mike_DuplessisHere's a little non-Vietnam ACAV armor!
From March 22.
Since they haven't made M113 shield kits for awhile I'm supposing these are Vietnam era add-ons:
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