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Occasionally I read about how the American military has gone to school in Israel. The type of war we are fighting in Iraq is the same type the Israelis have fought for several years. The Israelis have not been shy about sharing their expertise. Now I read this in on StrategyPage.
The speed and effectiveness with which American military trucks were armored in Iraq had a lot to do with Israel’s war with Palestinian and Lebanese terrorists. For over a decade, Israeli troops have had to drive trucks through areas containing Islamic terrorists. The ambush methods of these terrorists were similar to those encountered in Iraq, and it was from this experience that Israeli firms developed kits for armoring trucks. These kits included 10mm steel plates, cut and shaped to fit a particular type of truck, plus bulletproof glass for the windshield and windows, and brackets and other hardware needed to attach the armor. Thus when thousands of American military trucks had to get armored in 2003, the Israeli firms had kits already designed. Thus many, if not most, of the American armored trucks in Iraq got that way because of Israeli designed, and often Israeli manufactured, armor kits.Posted by The Vorlon at August 16, 2005 8:27 AM