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From: cti1!greg@uunet.UU.NET (Greg Fabian)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: LAV reactive armor
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Date: 26 Oct 90 02:06:56 GMT
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From: cti1!greg@uunet.UU.NET (Greg Fabian)

  I used to work for a consulting company that had a contract with the
USMC to write computer programs to track the reliability of the LAV.  These
reliabiliy tests involved Marines using the LAV in exercises to 
simulate actual conditions the vehicle would be used.  One incident report
I entered into the data base involved a Marine who accidently discharged
his M 16 inside the hull and blew a hole through the armor.

  Perhaps the most amusing incident report I came across was for testing
of the LVT 7A1, an amphibious personnel carrier.  Seems that an "untrained
personnel" (i.e. a colonel) destroyed the transmission when he tried to
downshift to third but got first gear instead.