Re: Another APC question...

At 3:57 PM -0700 7/17/02, John Atkinson wrote:
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>US M-113-mounted doctrine:  TC is SGT, one of the 2
>Team Leader.  He's in the TC Hatch.  Squad Leader is
>sitting in the front left of the vehicle, frequently
>hanging out of the top troop hatch.  He's got the
>radio handset shoved in his kevlar.  If he's psychotic
>and good, he can talk on the radio (including on
>intercom to driver/TC) and smack the driver in the
>back of the head with a thrown handmike and not miss a
>beat in the conversation on the radio.[1]

Beats the Aussie method when they got their M113s (with turrets). 
They bought and issued them to troops with _out_ intercom systems. 
The Commander's rigged up a set of strings to the driver's shoulders 
and gave them commands like a horse....

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