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RYP wrote:ammo, batteries, water and all that armor that makes them pretty much sitting ducks if they have to run up hill. Afghans use mules we use men.
diamondcutter13 wrote:There's easier ways to make a buck.
diamondcutter13 wrote:Thx Cold,
I enjoyed Restrepo and look forward to reading Junger's book.
vagabond wrote:I assume the batteries are for radio, flashlights, and night vision. How fast do you go through those? I would assume night vision would be a major hog. From what Seb's book says, owning the night is one of the major advantages for operations in Afghanistan since the Taliban haven't evolved to see in the dark yet.
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This may be pure speculation on my part, but that heavy, retarded body armor and helmet issued out to American soldiers always seemed to be a response to all that negative publicity surrounding gear issued to guys in Iraq. Once your average civilian weenie found out the body armor we carried wasn't the "best body armor available", people started writing their congressman. What they didn't realize however, was that "best body armor available" equals the heaviest, most awkward shit to wear on Earth.
diamondcutter13 wrote:This may be pure speculation on my part, but that heavy, retarded body armor and helmet issued out to American soldiers always seemed to be a response to all that negative publicity surrounding gear issued to guys in Iraq. Once your average civilian weenie found out the body armor we carried wasn't the "best body armor available", people started writing their congressman. What they didn't realize however, was that "best body armor available" equals the heaviest, most awkward shit to wear on Earth.
I think lot of that hype was from the Dragon Skin fiasco:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_skin
Q wrote:I promise you the majority of those crying about body armor (or lack of the best) were tards looking to dump some more on Bush, more than out of concern for the troops.
You think those fucks know the difference between Dragonskin (which is the best buy I have ever made and I will smite with great wrath all who defame it) and the others?
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