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Originally Posted by Schroeder
Aren't those Cougars a bit big to serve in the narrow streets of some small cities/villages? I mean the Hummvees were already quite big, but that thing is really huge for an all purpose vehicle.
BTW the video doesn't show a thing. It's way to short. All I can see there is a Cougar getting blown up but no results. So what is that video good for? They should have shown the vehicle after the explosion... or were they afraid of showing it?
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It shows the blast being deflected away and not allowed to go up like the Humvee experiences. It is in the same theory and thought as the proximity fuse on a torpedo under the keel. The torp explosion will have a easier time of cracking a ship in two when it explosed other that attempting to push the water out from around it. With the V bottom, the blast force will be deflected off were as the Humvee the explosion can either move the ground or move the Humvee. Being the Humvee is easier to move when the explosion happens, the Humvee suffers greatly from the direct blast that is not deflected. The V bottom produces better survivability.