The slow and lumbering convoy also comes to a standstill(I think) when one or more vehicles gets hit. I suppose the convoy does a 'circle the wagons' to aid the one(s) hit.In some ways speed = armor because a small, fast target is harder to hit than a slow lumbering one. But convoy's by their nature are slow and lumbering... you see the dilemma.
The slow and lumbering convoy also comes to a standstill(I think) when one or more vehicles gets hit. I suppose the convoy does a 'circle the wagons' to aid the one(s) hit.
Thin or thick skin, they're sitting for a few minutes.
Not if they are following doctrine they don't. Procedure for an unblocked ambush is to continue moving out of the kill zone. The only reason the convoy should stop is if it's a blocked ambush and they can't continue to move out of the kill zone, in which case they herringbone off the road, dismount and attack the roadblock.