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M1132 ESV question
kopo77
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Wroclaw, Poland
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Posted: Monday, September 22, 2008 - 05:45 AM UTC
Hello
I would like to ask if can I make a M1132 ESV ( Slat Armour ) with M58 MICLIC ?
Thanks
Chris
HeavyArty
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Posted: Monday, September 22, 2008 - 05:50 PM UTC
Feasibly, yes, the Stryker could pull the M58 MICLIC. However, I have not seen a MICLIC in Iraq since the initial invasion in '03. There are no more mine fields to breech, so they haven't been used. On that note, the Stryker ESV is a pretty new vehicle, only deployed since late '05, so I don't think you would see a Stryker w/a MICLIC behind it.
Ric_Cody
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Posted: Saturday, September 27, 2008 - 08:06 AM UTC
actually the ESV was designed to tow and use the MICLIC. There is an extra trailer connector on the back of the ESV that allows for the firing of the MICLIC from within the ESV. I have seen Stryker Engineers Companies with both types of MICLIC trailers, being the dualie single axle, and the tandem axle.

Granted there is no need for them in Iraq as of right now. So I do not think they even deploy with them.

Ric
sgtkopp
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Posted: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 06:46 PM UTC
They have been used numerous times in the last couple years.
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