Well, I'm not sure who's glossing over anything, all I know is that the companies that are making the armour for the humvees have been working overtime....24/7. They also had to go through the whole government contract thing to get the contract, (something that you and I have pulled our hair out over 1,000 of times having worked for Uncle Sam), and retooling all their equipment to make templates etc to make armour for something that wasn't designed to be armoured. At one time I was an inspector at a foundry that made turrets, hulls, and gunshields for the M-60 tank. When there was one small change done to the tanks, it took a long time to have to retool everything to be able to incorporate that one little change. Don't forget, when Vietnam first started the GI's went over with standard fatigues and combat boots. Eventually everyone was outfitted with jungle fatigues and jungle boots. Each war we have, you have to adapt to it. Another reason that in Korea, until proper winter clothing was issued, many froze. This is a new war, and we are adapting. Just stuff takes time.
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