U S soldiers add armor to Humvees in Iraq
In Tikrit Iraq soldiers strengthen Humvees with extra armor and thermal cameras drawing on wartime and training. The 101st Airborne Division 3rd Brigade led by Col Michael Steele is adding layers as insurgents threaten exposed vehicles and after criticism over incomplete armor before the war.
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New armor shields Humvees from evolving roadside bombs
Units seek better protection as insurgents deploy larger easier-to-detect improvised explosive devices and anti tank mines. Commanders weigh faster responses with added armor while bombs shaped to focus blasts threaten Humvee plating.
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Two U S pilots die as helicopter downed near Mosul
Insurgents shoot down a U S Army OH-58 Kiowa on a combat air patrol near Forward Operating Base Courage in Mosul killing the two pilots. Witnesses report machine-gun fire and echoes of gunfire from multiple directions as the craft crashed by mud huts and garbage.
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