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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:33:56 AM EDT
My roommate was in this humvee yesterday when it hit a land mine in central Iraq. He received minor injuries to his head and leg. The gunner was blown completely out of the turret and the passenger in the front seat lost one leg and may loose the other. The dash board is completely destroyed along with half the engine block.
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:35:36 AM EDT
[#1]
salute
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:35:43 AM EDT
[#2]
damn!
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:40:11 AM EDT
[#3]
Thank all of them for us.
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:41:52 AM EDT
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:42:36 AM EDT
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Sorry to hear of the injuries, but I'm glad they're all alive. SALUTE!
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:43:04 AM EDT
[#6]
wow....
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:43:13 AM EDT
[#7]
 God bless those troops. |
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:43:29 AM EDT
[#8]
Tango is that one of the reinforced ones or just a regular Humvee? I just some from Afghanistan and those were built up pretty well with reinforcement everywhere. Looks like there wasnt much penetration into the cabin and explains why they survived. Best wishes to the guys that were injured.
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:43:47 AM EDT
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Damn. +1 (on the lighter side - I hope they got the optional insurance.  )
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:43:52 AM EDT
[#10]
Damn. God bless our people.
vmax84 |
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:45:46 AM EDT
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:46:16 AM EDT
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God Bless Our Troops!
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. ~ Jesus Christ, John 15:13 Eric The(AlwaysHumbleInThePresenceOfHeroes)Hun 
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:46:21 AM EDT
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It was an up-armored humvee. |
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:47:23 AM EDT
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That'll buff right out.
 It is the pictures like THIS that the media should be focused on. And it burns me that they never seem to get around to showing what our troops are enduring to insure our freedom. Any place we can send well wishes to the soldiers from that humvee? TRG |
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:47:42 AM EDT
[#15]
And there's a "fuss" over the Marine who waxed the militant in Fallujah?
My most sincere condolences to you and your fellow Marines in the Humvee...and thank you for your service. Stack the fanatics dead bodies to the sky....we support every one of you. |
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:47:55 AM EDT
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God Bless em
i hope the motherfuckers that planted that bomb die a sloooooooooooooooooooooooooow, painful death 
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:48:38 AM EDT
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Was it a landmine or IED? What type of road were they travelling on when they hit the mine? Paved? Dirt road? I was one of the researchers who have been working on the new technology for landmine detection.
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:49:13 AM EDT
[#18]
Damn! How's the gunner?
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:50:17 AM EDT
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You see the Marines going through this crap and then the media and sympathizers wonder why that Marine shot that guy who was, for intents and purposes, dead anyway.
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:50:49 AM EDT
[#20]
Well that explains why our guys are still with us. A regular Humvee would have been toast with everyone inside. Thank goodness these guys were in an up-armored version.
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:51:04 AM EDT
[#21]
something that seems a little odd to me though.........................was the right frame rail taken off by us or did the bomb rip it off?
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:51:30 AM EDT
[#22]
God bless.
I am constantly amazed by the risk and price endured by my betters for my benefit. My sincere gratitude to all who serve. 
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:53:16 AM EDT
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nevermind, on closer examination it's just blown so far to the left that it looks like the left frame rail...............A-arm is the giveaway....................
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:55:04 AM EDT
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WOW.
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:58:19 AM EDT
[#25]
This was Army guys and the mine was in a pothole on a paved road. The mine took off the frame rail and the entire right front suspension.
The driver and gunner have minor injuries and will be ok in a week or so. My roommate is our commo NCO. We call him LBG (Little Brown Guy). He's from Puerto Rico. |
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Posted: 11/16/2004 9:00:46 AM EDT
[#26]
Wish those guys a speedy recovery, that is pretty extensive damage.
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Posted: 11/16/2004 9:01:58 AM EDT
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T.C. - We all really appreciate your service and that of your fellow soldiers.
Stay safe. Cabby |
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Posted: 11/16/2004 9:09:25 AM EDT
[#28]
The vehicle's been cleaned up some since they moved it off the road. By investigators, salvage teams, or both?
The phrase "watch out for those pot holes" has new meaning in Iraq... |
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Posted: 11/16/2004 9:27:22 AM EDT
[#29]
+1 |
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Posted: 11/16/2004 9:36:07 AM EDT
[#30]
Wow! That one took a big hit. But it still has the rear wheels on it. My son's friend had 4 HUMVEE's blown out from under him last summer in 4 months in Falluja. He had one that lost all 4 wheels and the entire front end in front of the windshield. And he came home without a scratch.
THANK GOD! And we'll continue to pray for all of our troops in that vast wasteland. |
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Posted: 11/16/2004 9:37:37 AM EDT
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May God be with you guys! Stay safe. |
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Posted: 11/16/2004 9:39:21 AM EDT
[#32]
Prayers sent. Be careful. Watch your six.
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Posted: 11/16/2004 9:41:06 AM EDT
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Damn
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Posted: 11/16/2004 9:46:13 AM EDT
[#34]
Wishing a swift recovery and sending a huge thanks for their service...
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Posted: 11/16/2004 9:48:16 AM EDT
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Damn...that really really sucks.
Who's to blame? |
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Posted: 11/16/2004 9:49:34 AM EDT
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Who the hell do you think is to blame? |
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Posted: 11/16/2004 1:42:28 PM EDT
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Yeah, let's all hope he got the leg insurance package. I pray for all these guys every day. TC, it is beyond my ability to express how much we all appreciate your sacrifice and how indebted we are as a nation to you. Stay safe and get the bastards! |
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Posted: 11/16/2004 2:13:23 PM EDT
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Just friggen amazing. That anyone lived. I hope you pass on my humble thanks to all. |
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Posted: 11/16/2004 3:31:00 PM EDT
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LBG LBG LBG LBG front and center soldier. I love it.. God bless those boys.
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Posted: 11/16/2004 3:57:06 PM EDT
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So why don't we just spend a few billion and build like maybe 2000 or so ultra-reinforced models that can take the worlds biggest land mine and keep right on rolling? A mans legs are worth a few billon dollars.
And while we are at it, why don't we just have Iraqi prisoners jog along in front about 50 yards and just set of the mines. Maybe then we won't need the extra armor? |
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Posted: 11/16/2004 5:02:21 PM EDT
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You can't really be this dumb, can you? It takes YEARS, often decades, to get a new vehicle into service, and at best, you'd have to have a huge vehicle like the Stryker in order to support so much weight. Strykers certainly have their use, but they aren't nearly as fast as a Humvee nor can they get in and out of places like a Humvee can. We simply can't put everyone in tanks; no one could get their work done. And as for using Iraqi "human shields", most vehicle mines are either set of by magnetic means, or by a LOT of weight, more than a person walking on it would cause. And likely, a person would have walked over a pothole, right? -Troy |
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Posted: 11/16/2004 7:53:20 PM EDT
[#42]
The humvee was blown strait up in the air, it spun around 180 degrees and landed on the passengers side. Everyone either got out or was taken out by the gunners hatch in the roof.
The vehicle was cleaned up quite a bit before the photos. |
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:26:23 PM EDT
[#43]
Damn...
I saw this link over at the HumVee.net mailing list forum. 8 |
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:35:59 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:42:27 PM EDT
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You sure that was a land mine and not an IED? That's a hell of a lot of damage to an uparmored HMMWV. My guess would be a 155mm IED .... |
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:45:39 PM EDT
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Nope this was a land mine. The vehicles we have that have been hit by IEDs have extensive damage on the side of the vehicle. This blast blew strait up into the suspension and firewall off the vehicle. Crater analysis was also conducted and the determination was a land mine. The road this took place on is known for land mines.
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:49:52 PM EDT
[#47]
Thanks for the info. Spent two tours over there and never saw a landmine cause damage that extensive. Prayers for the injured... |
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Posted: 11/16/2004 8:50:25 PM EDT
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I realise that there's probably a general standard to the bunkers, but might I ask where that photo was taken?
It's nice to be a tank. We had a report of someone laying a mine on the road, so we drove up and down it a few times to see if anything blew up... Nothing happened, so safe to dismount! NTM |
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Posted: 11/16/2004 9:26:22 PM EDT
[#49]
good thing too Ive seen that happen to a regular soft top and soft door it was 10 times worse |
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Posted: 11/16/2004 9:28:46 PM EDT
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The bunker is a standard type used by the Iraqi military on their air bases. We don't use them except for storage.
I found a land mine outside one of our gate entrances that was only 6" in diameter. The one that the humvee hit was estimated to be much larger. I also have not seen an IED blow a humvee airborne and flip it 180 degrees. |
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