Cr(+)sshair Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 I.E.Ds are the biggest threat to our troops and passengers/cargo pilots. I don't understand why it isn't mandatory to have a system...a shield of defense for a modern tactic. If I was an engineer for the U.S. Dept. of Defense, I would immediately put this into effect. Same rules would apply for planes. The whole point of having copper is to shield the humvee/plane from the frequency jammer. If we could use copper plating PLUS a frequency jammer for planes and humvee sweeps, it would totally kill any chance of explosives being triggered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-O-P-rime Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 This makes so much sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowpoke Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 I dont even Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt. Richard Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Its a great idea. But that means taking ALL of plans and humvees back into the shop or whatever and spending that much more money on something that could take alot of time. Its a great idea but its gonna cost time and money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clark Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 I'm nobody in the whole of the military services has thought of any of this...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piscian Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 I'm not military or army corps so dont flame, but to my knowledge a jammer wont make any difference to the claymore types that dont use a radio detonator. IEDs are extremely diverse in design, and may contain many types of initiators, detonators, penetrators, and explosive loads. The other problems with armoring the bottom of a vehicle revolve around weight disposition and heat. If you're talking about a 1inch or thinner copper plate forget about it. IED's are often made up of uranium capped artillery rounds that'll poke holes in shermans. too thick plating and you got a snail on wheels. Humvees are simple armored cars at this time with our level of tech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cr(+)sshair Posted November 2, 2010 Author Share Posted November 2, 2010 I'm not military or army corps so dont flame, but to my knowledge a jammer wont make any difference to the claymore types that dont use a radio detonator. The other problems with armoring the bottom of a vehicle revolve around weight disposition and heat. If you're talking about a 1inch or thinner copper plate forget about it. IED's are often made up of uranium capped artillery rounds that'll poke holes in shermans. too thick plating and you got a snail on wheels. Humvees are simple armored cars at this time with our level of tech. IEDs with cellphone ignitions are the top choice. The copper would only act as a frequency shield, not a shrapnel shield. For Hum's we could also simply set our a frequency range transmitter that would make it go boom from a distance, but 4/5 IEDs are radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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