Yes, I was yelling.
When Crew Commanding an AFV on the move, the proper exposure is eyeballs over the ack-ack-rail. No more, or you risk:
1. Being hit.
2. Being thrown from the callsign and crushed or killed if it rolls.
Arms should be inside the turret, unless operating external weapons/eqpt or giving hand signals. If you ride too high with your elbows above the hatchring, you will not be able to drop down fast enough to avoid ejection. Especially those of you who have a well developed trunk.
Riding high in the hatch on the move should be done ONLY to create safety, not flaunt it, such as going up to watch for small children when moving slowly through a narrow lane in a tribal village (contact not imminent), or at intersections on an admin road move in Canada.
Use the armour - that's why it is there. If you can't crew command 'eyeballs up' , then you can't crew command. There is NO excuse, NONE, for riding high in the turret of ANY AFV cross country or on tracks and trails at speed.
Rant off.
Regards,
Tom
When Crew Commanding an AFV on the move, the proper exposure is eyeballs over the ack-ack-rail. No more, or you risk:
1. Being hit.
2. Being thrown from the callsign and crushed or killed if it rolls.
Arms should be inside the turret, unless operating external weapons/eqpt or giving hand signals. If you ride too high with your elbows above the hatchring, you will not be able to drop down fast enough to avoid ejection. Especially those of you who have a well developed trunk.
Riding high in the hatch on the move should be done ONLY to create safety, not flaunt it, such as going up to watch for small children when moving slowly through a narrow lane in a tribal village (contact not imminent), or at intersections on an admin road move in Canada.
Use the armour - that's why it is there. If you can't crew command 'eyeballs up' , then you can't crew command. There is NO excuse, NONE, for riding high in the turret of ANY AFV cross country or on tracks and trails at speed.
Rant off.
Regards,
Tom