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>Пентагон потратит $84 млн на бронирование военных машин в Ираке
>РБК. 10:43:35
>В связи с этим Пентагон принял решение провести мероприятия по усилению бронирования 734 автомобилей, эксплуатирующихся военными в Ираке. На эти мероприятия американское военное ведомство выделило $84 миллиона. В первую очередь усиление брони будет проведено у транспортных автомобилей М113, использовавшихся еще во Вьетнаме
Ой какой бред.
>Posted on Mon, Jan. 03, 2005
Army to upgrade armor on older personnel carriers
By JOSEPH L. GALLOWAY
Knight Ridder Newspapers
>An Army representative, who didn't want to be identified, said Monday that $84 million was being spent to add armor to 734 M113/A3s and M577s.
>For the M113s, that includes hardened steel side armor, a "slat armor" cage that bolts to the side armor and protects against RPGs, anti-mine armor on the bottom and a new transparent, bulletproof gun shield on the top that vastly improves gunners' vision.
>The M577, nicknamed the "high-top shoe" for its tall, ungainly silhouette, will get only slat armor and anti-mine armor. Its high sides can't take the steel armor without making the vehicle unstable and even more liable to roll over.
>The slat-type armor essentially is a metal cage designed to detonate RPGs before they breach the steel armor and the light aluminum wall. Similar slat armor has been added to the Stryker vehicle.
>The armor kits will be produced in the United States, the Army representative said, and installed in Kuwait.
>The representative said the M113 upgrade was requested by Lt. Gen. Thomas Metz, the ground commander in Iraq, and approved by Gen. George Casey, the commander of multinational forces in Iraq.