Do you think you need to roll over in a simulator of a semi-truck to understand the unpredictability, and likely deadly outcome of that, and do everything to prevent it?
How about 4 wheeling, it never occurred to me to roll over my Jeep, to train that rolling over was very bad. or falling off a mountain, or driving into a really deep ditch ... Some things just fall into the realm of common sense. So we never rolled over or crashed my Jeep in years of what most would consider, yes my wife is in that category, very dangerous four wheeling.
I suspect a simple rollover simulator could handle lots of differing military vehicles. Like they do with helicopters over water. Real training would likely do more than computer simulators and simulator experience.
Simple things like vehicles don’t really need simulators. Just an expensive toys, IMHO.
Just my two sense.
“Simple things like vehicles don’t really need simulators. Just an expensive toys, IMHO.”
Was this a joke?
This article is written by another reporter who clearly knows nothing about what he is writing, but sees an opportunity (which is apparently working) for a couple cheap points. I am all for fiscal responsibility, but simulators are valuable and necessary for a range of military vehicles, which will be driven into the ground ten times over (at much MORE expense and potential loss of life) over years of training hundreds of soldiers.
It did sound like it was wasteful until I read up on why they did it that way. The article at my link said that the machine has the full crew compartment, so that the whole crew experiences the rollover and can practice how to get out. Presumably, this means while under fire.