Re: REALITY CHECK TIME!

At 3:29 PM -0700 7/17/02, John Atkinson wrote:

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>Ummm. . . M-2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle.  There's a
>door between the crew in the turret and the dismounts
>in the troop compartment.

Hmm. I've seen some of the diagrams I didn't realize there was such a 
door. I know there's one to get to the magazine for the 25mm ready 
ammo compartments.

>Been there, done that.

Not been in one of those, yet. If I do the NG thing and get Cav, then 
I'll be there...

>Umm. . . have any of you guys ever gotten out of a
>goddamn track??

Mostly confined to the Brit stuff and older vehicles. You know that.

>The DRIVER is the one that lowers the ramp.  You
>cannot rapidly debus the vehicle without the driver's

Does the 113 have the power lever next to the ramp?

>knowledge.  It's that way for a REASON, that being the
>one you cited.  You can go out the troop door, but
>that's not fast.  You can also jump out the troop
>hatch on the top of an M-113, but that's a bit risky
>under the best of circumstances.  I wouldn't do it
>unless the track was stopped.

Exactly.

>Crap.	A smart and fast troop can get as close as he
>wants and it's pretty safe.

If he's aware and focused on the track and what it's doing. It can 
still squish him if he doesn't move his butt.
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