Posted on 08/30/2004 11:20:12 PM PDT by SAMWolf
Good morning feather.
Hoorah for Engineers.
Hi miss Feather
ROTFLOL, both of us! Send this to Brit Hume.
Cool patches
ROTFLMAO!
Had a little bit of action here in our town this morning. At the intersection just North of our house there was a two car accident.
Thankfully nobody was hurt and the power pole at the intersection was untouched but there was quite a bit of damamge to the front of both cars and they had to call for a wrecker.
It was an exciting morning here.
I remember the few years before deployment of the Bradley the Army got the idea that P.C.'s should be more than battle taxis and should be fighting vehicles, the idea being the firepower of the P.C. should be added to the infantry squads they carried. Good idea, the only problem being the M113's had thin armor and were only armed with a .50 cal. The Bradley sure filled a need.
Morning Sam,
I have a little Bradley anecdote for you.
Back in 85 or 86 while I was going through the ROTC program at San Jose State, a bunch of us cadets were treated to a tour of the FMC factory where they were building the first run of Bradleys. It was a very impressive tour, complete with a look at the test track out back where a few Brads were putting around.
At the end of the tour were ended up in a conference room where a PR guy asked us if we had any questions. There were several lame questions that made it clear no one had been following the development of the vehicle as I had (I was the only "prior-service" cadet in the bunch and therefore several years older than the rest). If you remember at the time, there was a lot of controversy about the aluminum armor.
So, I asked about it ans stated some of the criticisms I had heard, thinking they would welcome a chance to convince a soon-to-be officer that it was not in fact a "death trap" or mere "tank & RPG bait."
WRONG!
You'd have though I'd dropped my skivvies and taken a dump on the conference room table from the "offended" reaction. Later back at school, the Major that had arranged the tour reprimanded me for asking such an "impolitic" question. Because of this I had a very bad taste in my mouth concerning the Bradley for a long time, one that didn't go away until after the Gulf War where it proved itself.
My reasoning was, if you're gonna ask me to climb in a and ride it into battle, you at least ought to be willing to answer a few tough questions. Anyway, I don't recall any more cadets being asked to come tour their facility during the rest of my time in the SJSU ROTC program.
Hell, they didn't even give us any complimentary t-shirts. Nothing. That PR guy was a total loser.
Since I know absolutely zip about the Bradley..
..someone will have ot confirm or debunk this:
I was told that it handled somewhat like a 1970's VW Bus, that you could get it to fishtail in turns.
(Manueverable, and fun to drive.)
Was I given the 'straight dope' on it?
Thank you, Matthew. I cheered for Poland's Independence more than once. What a strong nation!!
ROLTFLMAO!! I love parody, especually the kind that makes fun of Libs and Kerry.
Afternoon USMCBOMBGUY.
I remember all the complaints about the Bradley when it first was fielded, it's the same with the Stryker today.
Hi Darksheare.
Cross of Iron
Captain Stransky : Alright. I'll do it. I'will show you how a Prussian officer fights.
Sargeant Steiner : And I will show you where the Iron Crosses grow.
Hello!
Not much excitement here but Snippy and I just got two packages we've been sitting around waiting on and we're about to get real busy.
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