It looks like Mike Pence was wrong (no big surprise):
“It is a virtual certainty that you will fight on a battlefield for America at some point in your life.”
Awful. Prayers going out to them.
To make combat vehicles less vulnerable to IEDs, there is more space now between the ground and the chassis to let the blast pressure escape. Unfortunately, this raises the center of gravity of these vehicles, making them more susceptible to rolling over if they run into a ditch or turn too abruptly.
By “Light Medium Tactical Vehicle”, they may be referring to the Medium Tactical Vehicle - a wheeled truck about the size & shape of a panel truck with an armored cab to protect the driver and a passenger. Like a lot of Army trucks, you can put benches in the back to carry more soldiers.
Thoughts and prayers for the soldiers and cadets involved and their families. Accidental death and serious injuries are always terrible, but it’s even worse when some of the victims are young adults just starting out on life’s journey.
I used to see this all the time in Training Units, injuries were common around vehicles.
Some of the worst involved foreign troops training on our equipment; language barrier in the Safety Briefing.
Tank or Machine Gun?