Slat armor or bar armor?You published an excellent article in October 05 issue ("Stryker Units Win Over Skeptics") describing soldiers' impressions of Stryker. I did muse at Maj. Mullen's comment: "I was here when they came up with the slat armor." Just to clarify who "they" really were, I should point out that no major is old enough to know the origin of the slat armor. In the Mobile Riverine Force In the Vietnam War, the Mobile Riverine Force (MRF), or Riverines, were a joint US Army and US Navy force that comprised a substantial part of the Brown Water Navy. It was modeled after lessons learned by the French experience in the Indochina War and had the task of both , TF116, Mekong Delta
The Mekong Delta (Vietnamese: đồng bằng sông Cửu Long , Vietnam, we called it "bar armor." It protected a variety of the naval riverine riv·er·ine adj. 1. Relating to or resembling a river. 2. Located on or inhabiting the banks of a river; riparian: "Members of a riverine tribe ... craft that supported the Army's 9th Infantry Division there. A fellow engineer/science advisor named Sheppard, Naval Ordnance Laboratory The Naval Ordnance Laboratory (NOL), now disestablished, formerly located in White Oak, Maryland was the site of considerable work that had practical impact upon world technology. The White Oak site of NOL has now been taken over by Food and Drug Administration. , White Oak, Md., was the innovator of the clever and simple scheme, as I recall. He would be proud. It saved a lot of lives and limbs nearly 40 years ago. Carroll Childers Fredericksburg, VA |
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