"USMC to receive new improved M9 combat armoured..." Topic
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| Tango01 | 06 Mar 2014 10:34 p.m. PST |
…engineer vehicles. "The first four new and improved M9 Armored Combat Earthmovers have arrived on Camp Lejeune, N.C. They might look the same from the outside, but the legacy armored tractors have been completely overhauled. The M9 ACE is a highly mobile, armored tracked vehicle that provides combat engineer support to front-line Marine forces. Its capabilities include eliminating enemy obstacles, maintaining and repairing roads and supply routes, and construction of fighting positions. As the Department of the Navy's systems command for Marine Corps ground weapon and information technology systems, and as the Marine Corps commandant's agent for acquisition and sustainment of warfighting systems and equipment, MCSC completed the modernization effort that has transformed the M9 ACE…"
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| Mardaddy | 07 Mar 2014 12:08 a.m. PST |
Y'know, I was with a Combat Engineer Battalion for Desert Storm. We had a few M9's. The engineers thought they were a real POS. Not enough armor and underpowered were the primary complaints. Could not finish a dirt-moving job in teh Saudi desert they started without calling on other HE to mop up. Hope these improvements do the thing to instill more confidence and make them worth their salt. Anyways, my second-hand two cents. |
 javelin98  | 07 Mar 2014 9:59 a.m. PST |
I was an Army combat engineer, although I never drove an ACE, and the main problems we saw with the vehicle were the tracks being too narrow (they would dig themselves into the ground) and the operator not being able to see what he was doing when he was buttoned up. The thing really needs exterior cameras to show the driver what the heck is going on outside his vehicle. |
| Tango01 | 07 Mar 2014 10:15 a.m. PST |
Good points Javelin98!. Amicalement
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| shaun from s and s models | 07 Mar 2014 10:30 a.m. PST |
looks like i will be making one in 20mm soon then! |
 Murphy  | 07 Mar 2014 2:01 p.m. PST |
We had 'em in our Engineer Unit with 3d ACR most of the time Deadlined due to engine/track issues of broken support arms for the blades….The earth pigs didn't like them… |
| javelin98 | 07 Mar 2014 3:00 p.m. PST |
Yeah, whoever thought that aluminum sprockets and roadwheels was a good idea…! |
| Lion in the Stars | 07 Mar 2014 3:06 p.m. PST |
Roadwheels I would believe, and think would work pretty well. But aluminum drive sprockets?!? Somebody needs to turn the joker who had that brainstorm into a track mechanic for a couple years… |
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