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George Wallace said:...
Any piece of equipment taken into the Field in the back of a SMP or AFV had better be "ruggedized".
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When I was the Ops NCO at 1 Svc Bn, a team of engineers came on exercise with us to assess our comms needs (early stages of TCCCS project.) One of them asked me how rugged I thought the components needed to be. My reply? "You people are building us a communications system - don't do that. Build us a hammer we can talk on."
We stepped out of the penthouse, and witnessed a soldier pounding a modular stake with a manpack radio. Point made.
This is an extreme example, obviously - but true nevertheless. All "stuff" NEEDS to be ruggedized, not only against abuse, but for nomally bouncing around, dusty conditions, wet conditions, exteme heat conditions, extreme cold conditions - I'm assuming (I don't know) the same holds more or less true for more "rugged" civilian enterprises as well (oil field exploration, forestry, and the like).
Roy