Re:Technology? TECHNOLOGY?? (Score 1)

I never advocated something as heavy as the steel encased deppleted uranium armour on the M1A2. And It's not neccessary for the armor to cover the whole vehicle, just the driver compartment.

Ok, that's a good idea, but it won't remove the need for convoy escorts. Nor will it stop IED's or small arms fire from disabling the truck. Truck convoy without escorts won't survive any better with additional armor than without it. If you add armor so that the vehicle can take hits from heavy infantry weapons without being destroyed, the vehicle becomes too heavy and expensive to be useful.

Good armor protection = lots of weight