26.10.2005, 18:08
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Zitat:Although the M1114, armored, version of the hummer gets a lot of publicity because of its popularity among troops in Iraq, the 5.5 ton vehicle has been around for some ten years. Originally intended for peacekeeping operations, it was successfully used in the Balkans during the 1990s. The M1114 was based on a earlier version, that had served in the 1991 campaign in Kuwait. [...] All the armored protection (against 7.62mm machine-guns and rifles, bombs, landmines and nearby bursting shells of up to 155mm) has more than doubled the cost of the M1114 ($140,000 compared to $65,000 for an unarmored model.) Next year, the 4th Infantry Division is going to Iraq with 900 new M1114s, all equipped with new communications gear (the FBCB2 system) that enables them to talk to computers and UAVs, as well as the usual voice comm. [...]
Out of about 1,500 hummers produced a month, 700 are M1114 types (and some variants). This is up from 550 a month last month, and will increase to 1,100 a month by next year. [...]