FourNineFoxtrot
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Let me begin by stating that I am well and truly drunk. Gloriously drunk. Keeping that in mind, I'd like to bring up an interest of mine.
What-all do you folks know about armored cars? Or armoring a car?
Long ago, when still a boy, I promised myself that one day, if I had the scratch, the time, and the inclination, I'd take some behemoth of a vehicle and slap some armor on it, just for kicks, or because I'm paranoid above and beyond what is reasonable for self-interest in this strange, "modern" age.
So here it is, for your amusement. If you were planning to armor up a car, how would you go about it? What kind of car, what kind of armor, and what's it meant to stop?
I'd like to think this is gun related, in the sense that the guns are what's likely to be fired at this hypothetical monstrosity.
Once upon a time, I'd planned to get my hands on one of the old-school military-style Humvees. Slap some sheet metal on around the engine, and bolt more of the same to the doors. Trouble is, a friend of mine recently showed me a piece of 1/4 inch steel with two holes in it: One from a .30-30, one from a .223. If it won't stop a medium rifle round, what good is sheet metal?
So tell me about armored cars, and the ways of armoring them, or the way you'd do it, had you the time and money and inclination.
What-all do you folks know about armored cars? Or armoring a car?
Long ago, when still a boy, I promised myself that one day, if I had the scratch, the time, and the inclination, I'd take some behemoth of a vehicle and slap some armor on it, just for kicks, or because I'm paranoid above and beyond what is reasonable for self-interest in this strange, "modern" age.
So here it is, for your amusement. If you were planning to armor up a car, how would you go about it? What kind of car, what kind of armor, and what's it meant to stop?
I'd like to think this is gun related, in the sense that the guns are what's likely to be fired at this hypothetical monstrosity.
Once upon a time, I'd planned to get my hands on one of the old-school military-style Humvees. Slap some sheet metal on around the engine, and bolt more of the same to the doors. Trouble is, a friend of mine recently showed me a piece of 1/4 inch steel with two holes in it: One from a .30-30, one from a .223. If it won't stop a medium rifle round, what good is sheet metal?
So tell me about armored cars, and the ways of armoring them, or the way you'd do it, had you the time and money and inclination.