US purchases RA tile sets

BloodBane611 · 03-12-2008, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Global Security

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Co., Simsbury, Conn., was awarded on March 7, 2008, a $69,061,510 firm-fixed price contract for 485 XM19 Abrams reactive armor tile sets.

So the US is apparently ordering quite a large number of RA sets to augment the side armor of M1s. Any speculation as to why this may be? Seems like RA is a bit overkill against RPGs, and it's a lot of sets to not be actually used.

[R-MOD]Mongolian_dude · 03-12-2008, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by BloodBane611

So the US is apparently ordering quite a large number of RA sets to augment the side armor of M1s. Any speculation as to why this may be? Seems like RA is a bit overkill against RPGs, and it's a lot of sets to not be actually used.

I hear Iran is nice this time of year..

Well, Russian are stepping up the gain and China wont stop growing.

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CONSPIRACY THEOREEZ!

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[R-MOD]Bob_Marley · 03-12-2008, 07:10 PM

I read the title and thought that the US had bought the map tile sets for Command & Conquer: Red Alert.

Come on, you know that would be so much more awesome. The US army training on something using one of the best RTS ever made as a base!

[R-CON]Clypp · 03-12-2008, 09:49 PM

Typically slat armor is being used for RPG protection. RA is overkill, and has a relatively small protective area. Weird.

Dr2B Rudd · 03-12-2008, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by [R-MOD]Bob_Marley

I read the title and thought that the US had bought the map tile sets for Command & Conquer: Red Alert.

You weren't alone

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BloodBane611 · 03-12-2008, 10:10 PM

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I read the title and thought that the US had bought the map tile sets for Command & Conquer: Red Alert.

lol, that would have been so much better than this. I'll see what I can find

ReadMenace · 03-12-2008, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by [R-MOD]Bob_Marley

I read the title and thought that the US had bought the map tile sets for Command & Conquer: Red Alert.

Come on, you know that would be so much more awesome. The US army training on something using one of the best RTS ever made as a base!

ATTACK DOGS!

-REad

Sgt.North · 03-13-2008, 12:05 AM

Well theres the Iran option, amongst others........

Or the DoD is expecting insurgents to get better equipment, ie RPG-16/29 Maybe...... though i hope not!

Engineer · 03-13-2008, 07:00 AM

Hey, dont forget North Korea.

This is actually so sad that it isn't even funny...

[R-DEV]Masaq · 03-13-2008, 12:04 PM

What's really weird, and this may just be my inner geekery coming out, but the price.

I mean, $69 million... nice round number.

$69,060,000, I could understand.
$69,061,500... okay, what does that extra $1,500 get you?
$69,061,510... seriously, that's taking the piss.

It's like they walked into a store and haggled.

US Government: "We'd like to buy 485 of these sets from you please"
Ensign-Bickford: "Certainly sir."
US Gov: "How much are they?"
E-B: "Well, for that many, we can do them for $69,062,000."
US Gov:*Sucks on teeth kinda noise* "Oooh, that's a bit more than I was planning to spend, actually... have you got anything a bit cheaper?"
E-B: "I'm sorry sir, that's all we've got in stock. You're lucky actually, we don't usually have this many sat around, and we had a big order from the Israelis last week"
US Gov: "Well, do you know of any other stores in the area that do them?"
E-B:*Kinda caught off-guard* "Oh, well I know Rayethon don't... BAE might, but they're British, sir. I tell you what, I can offer you the lot for $61,061,750".
US Gov: "How about $61,061,000?"
E-B: "$61,061,500, and that's my final offer, but for an extra ten bucks I'll throw in a year's supply of paint for them."
US Gov: "Oh go on then. Bag 'em up and bring them out to my Commander's truck, I'm parked out the back, that's if some bugger from the Blue Mob hasn't nicked it and rolled in into a ditch somewhere. What colours do you do the paint in?"
E-B: "Beige, mostly. Yeah, we've got beige, light brown... beige andddd oh yes, 'sand'."
US Gov: "Sand sounds good, will match our turrets. Cheers!"

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03-13-2008, 12:04 PM	#10
[R-DEV]Masaq PR Lead Forum Moderator Join Date: Sep 2006 United Kingdom Location: UK Posts: 4,760	What's really weird, and this may just be my inner geekery coming out, but the price. I mean, $69 million... nice round number. $69,060,000, I could understand. $69,061,500... okay, what does that extra $1,500 get you? $69,061,510... seriously, that's taking the piss. It's like they walked into a store and haggled. US Government: "We'd like to buy 485 of these sets from you please" Ensign-Bickford: "Certainly sir." US Gov: "How much are they?" E-B: "Well, for that many, we can do them for $69,062,000." US Gov:Sucks on teeth kinda noise "Oooh, that's a bit more than I was planning to spend, actually... have you got anything a bit cheaper?" E-B: "I'm sorry sir, that's all we've got in stock. You're lucky actually, we don't usually have this many sat around, and we had a big order from the Israelis last week" US Gov: "Well, do you know of any other stores in the area that do them?" E-B:Kinda caught off-guard "Oh, well I know Rayethon don't... BAE might, but they're British, sir. I tell you what, I can offer you the lot for $61,061,750". US Gov: "How about $61,061,000?" E-B: "$61,061,500, and that's my final offer, but for an extra ten bucks I'll throw in a year's supply of paint for them." US Gov: "Oh go on then. Bag 'em up and bring them out to my Commander's truck, I'm parked out the back, that's if some bugger from the Blue Mob hasn't nicked it and rolled in into a ditch somewhere. What colours do you do the paint in?" E-B: "Beige, mostly. Yeah, we've got beige, light brown... beige andddd oh yes, 'sand'." US Gov: "Sand sounds good, will match our turrets. Cheers!"

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