Roger that!quote:
Originally posted by Mustang_Cougar:
Perfect vehicle...ha-ha!
They're "perfect" if you mean changing a tire takes forever, the glowplugs are a basketcase, the hoods & doors crack and flake when somebody sneezes, the weather stripping SUCKS and you can't back one up without a ground guide.
IMO, they are genuine pieces of S#!T! I've always been amused by the guys that think the HUMVEE is this rugged, tough vehicle...especially considering most of them have never driven nor pulled PMCS on one.
If transporting military personnel means an anemic heater, water pouring in from above, and spending downtime pulling silly maintenance on them, then by all means, they do their job well. I won't even mention their woeful inability to protect occupants from IED's or even small arms fire (we're talking 7.62, not 50 cal). And *** help you if somebody has a TOW or even an old LAW pointed at you.
Sure...they're just "perfect."
You're right, I havent don any of those things... but being an engineer who designs advanced poweplants for Navy ships, I understand a lot of the maintainability and servicability issues that go into most anything.quote:
Originally posted by Mustang_Cougar:
Why do you say that? You ever replaced the glow plus in a HUMVEE? Spent anytime swapping cracked Kevlar hoods? Went through the "goat rope" that is removing, caging and changing a tire?quote:
Originally posted by JHZR2:
I have to gues working ona 6.5L TD HMMWV is easier than working on the 6.5 in the old K-blazer/tahoe, suburban, or C/K pickups...
JMH
Well, for the last twenty-odd years, maximum qualifying range with an M16A2/A3 has been 300 and 460 meters, respectively. That's like four targets (?) out of forty, most of them being far closer than that. Maybe in the old days they did things differently, but the requirements forquote:
Originally posted by 1sttruck:
"What's next? You guys going to start singing the praises of the M16A2/A3?"
I always qualifed with the M16A1 out to 500 yards, and saw them used on a regular basis in highpower rifle by Marine team shooters out to 600 yards. Never saw any other service weapon except the M1 Garand or the M14 do better. UK shooters did very well with the Enfields in service ammo matches that I never shot at. One can carry a lot more 5.56 than 7.62, with the obvious trade offs. The M16A2 was designed to penetrate heavy helmets at 800 yards, so it's nothing to sneeze at.
No, they'll sing the praises of the Miami built Baretta 9MM semi-auto handguns with the fragile slide blocks they replaced the .45 with.quote:
What's next? You guys going to start singing the praises of the M16A2/A3?
Why do you say that? You ever replaced the glow plus in a HUMVEE? Spent anytime swapping cracked Kevlar hoods? Went through the "goat rope" that is removing, caging and changing a tire?quote:
Originally posted by JHZR2:
I have to gues working ona 6.5L TD HMMWV is easier than working on the 6.5 in the old K-blazer/tahoe, suburban, or C/K pickups...
JMH