Civilian armoring the HMMWV

[swbradley1]

What the heck, are you planning on going shopping in Chicago or Mogadishu?

 

[simp5782]

What the heck, are you planning on going shopping in Chicago or Mogadishu?

Memphis only has a 400% higher crime rate than the national average. Chicago is safer.

 

[frank8003]

The Marauder truck is built on orders and to date, around 250 examples have been sold worldwide.
It is road-legal in some variants and can make Hummer owners green with envy. Apr 16, 2020

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16 Paramount Marauder- $485,000. Mar 12, 2018

 

[chucky]

You can buy a Marauder. Look for the Top Gear episode that features it.
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it is built in South Africa

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Why i had rather just go up and pull that lion off the hood by his tail as to have something red in my driveway and only 485,000 and look they couldnt plan the position of the wiper motors ( AH HELL JUST CUT THE WIPER BLADE OFF } Geeeese just kidding

 

[Gamble]

I guess I dont understand why the standard armor setup wont work for you:

Its out there if you look for it. Certain this will stop ANY .223/5.56 round with the possible exception of blacktip which is rare.

 

[SCSG-G4]

And someone here was selling 4 x 8 foot sheets of Kevlar level 3 this past week. If I remember correctly each sheet weighed less than 350 pounds. Cut correctly you should be able to get three sheets to cover the critical parts. Just my .

 

[Hummerhmm]

And someone here was selling 4 x 8 foot sheets of Kevlar level 3 this past week. If I remember correctly each sheet weighed less than 350 pounds. Cut correctly you should be able to get three sheets to cover the critical parts. Just my .

That sounds like it may do the trick.

 

[Mullaney]

And someone here was selling 4 x 8 foot sheets of Kevlar level 3 this past week. If I remember correctly each sheet weighed less than 350 pounds. Cut correctly you should be able to get three sheets to cover the critical parts. Just my .

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I have been admiring those kevlar sheets for longer than I should have been. I keep thinking strategically adding a few "door shaped" pieces and maybe some behind the driver would be a relatively inexpensive way to "stop stupid" if it ever happens.

 

[SCSG-G4]

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I have been admiring those kevlar sheets for longer than I should have been. I keep thinking strategically adding a few "door shaped" pieces and maybe some behind the driver would be a relatively inexpensive way to "stop stupid" if it ever happens.

If not stopping stupid, it would at least slow stupid down to be survivable. And smaller pieces can be glued onto the edges of hard plates (overlap from front to back at least 3-4 inches) to stop spalling from flying up into your chin, or to the sides into your arms, etc.