I think some sort of vehicle surrounded by a 10 foot thick layer of Kevlar covered neoprene. The wheels could be on extensions that are easlily replaced.

I'm bumping this thread in the hopes that someone will see it and maybe renew the discussion. I really enjoyed this discussion. Does anyone else have any armored vehicle ideas? Ideas for some other piece of military equipment?

Anyway I'm hoping this resurrects this thread.

I think armor will always be at a disadvantage because it is a large target and the attacking weapon can be smaller than the target. I it simple economics, the occupying forces will not succeed. For instance it is only a matter of time till anti-tank weapons like the TOW or Javelin type systems will be fielded by these people. That is literally a flying IED, how do you counter that with current technology...?

The answer is simple ,I cant put a picture up so work with me here.

We are losing personell without a doubt to IEDs we generally have air superiority,I also respect anyone fighting to make this a humanitarian world,so we only need to consider the aspect of force transfer from the ground level to the transport substructure.

Simply put we need to get high,high ,higher up from the ground.No other option.

So lets put em up thirty feet in the air and change the playing field

Distance equals time in a detonation and time changes everything,this is easy .

Do the math ,up is the only way to go in this instance and application,bigger isnt better,thicker armor isnt better due to the nature of the explosive results with todays materials,time is of the essence,as in height.

Well ... while I agree that a different (less friendly) approach would work better when it comes to counter guerrilla operations. It just isn't going to happen and neither is a strategic pullback. This is why I started trying to think of a technology based solution to mitigate the issue.

It's really easy to point fingers and say well the solution is this or that... But that's not what this thread is about. This thread is about what we can do to help the guys at the sharp end through technology and techniques designed to keep them safer.

Talk about an ouch moment... the fact that your friend lived through it says something about the abrams though!

Training can only take you so far though. After that it's equipment that keeps you alive to come home.

Call me funny but even knowing that if we build they'll find a way to blow it up I still feel compelled to try. Maybe it's a character flaw but hey I'm going to school to be a mechanical engineer so this is all good practice for me.

The idea of actually having vehicles on the ground with humans in them is archaic. We just use the drones now. No need to run around with bait on a hook.