From: Ron (rojoha@adelphia.net)
Date: Thu Oct 21 2004 - 11:10:17 PDT
The video can be seen here:
http://www.globalterroralert.com/zarqawi-apc.wmv
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Grammont" <islander@midmaine.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: 21 October, 2004 13:53
Subject: Re: [MV] Stryker and thee 500lb bomb
> Hi again Ryan,
>
>>The Remote Weapons station also meant that the commander wasn't head
>>out and there to take the roll the bad way. He was probably down
>>inside tweaking the camera around looking at the IED and the Air
>>Guard dude was probably down under armor too.
>
> Very true.
>
> Note to anybody looking at the commentary associated with that picture...
>
> The IED hit the left side of the vehicle. The right side is shown in the
> picture. The bomb was located on the roadway, out in the open, and the
> Stryker passed probably within 10-15 feet of the point of detonation.
> The blast was huge and totally engulfed the Stryker. I know this because
> the insurgents were kind enough to video the thing and post it to various
> websites (I saw the clip on CNN). The clip was short and cut off, but
> from the two quick glimpses I had of it I didn't see the Stryker flip
> over, but instead continue to drive on through the explosion. However,
> the quality of the video was bad, it was replayed on TV in a small
> window, and the blast obscured the vehicle for perhaps as long as it took
> to flip. So in short, I can't comment on the flipping or driving away
> bits based on what I saw when I saw it. The only clear thing is the
> vehicle survived the blast basically intact.
>
> Steve
>
>
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