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Roy_A_Lingle · Last edited by Roy_A_Lingle on Fri Feb 03, 2006 8:20 am; edited 2 times in total

Hi Folks!

Ran acrossed this photo over at the the US Army image site. Caption say the vehicle is a M1A1. However if I am halfway current, the flex mount for the M2HB should mean that vehicle is a M1A2.

Just in case the link doesn't work, the photo is at:

www4.army.mil/armyimag...photo=9169

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Sgt, Scouts Out!

P.S. The link worked during my third try, however the photo was VERY LARGE so I edited out the link. I am slowly learning my way around this place.

Dontos · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:44 am Post subject: Re: Abrams version test

Yup, That is indeed an M1A2.

DCCLarke · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 62

Hey Roy! Can you tell me what's up with the gloves? I understand the face mask because of dust, but wouldn't gloves get in the way of things?

Best,
David

Dontos · Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 2:52 pm Post subject: Re: Abrams version test

The Nomex gloves are standard issue for Armor Crewman.

They a identicle to flight gloves, issued to flight crew, but green & black instead of the green & gray.

DCCLarke · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 62

Thanks Dontos!!

Best,
David

C_Sherman · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 590

Dontos wrote:

The Nomex gloves are standard issue for Armor Crewman.

They a identicle to flight gloves, issued to flight crew, but green & black instead of the green & gray.

They actually don't get in the way. They are pretty close fitting, and they save your hands from a lot of bumps and scrapes that seem to be inevitable around anything military. Equally, the Iraqi sun can heat anything metal so hot that it will take the skin off of your hand. This is especially true for our weapons, which are all black or nearly black.

In the last couple of years, the Army discovered that soldiers wearing the Nomex gloves (which were a popular individual purchase item) suffered fewer burn injuries when attacked by IEDs. While I was there, they actually issued us the sage green gloves to wear. It seems the Army is actually trying to keep us from getting hurt!

C