Sunday, January 30, 2011

EVF, V for V-shaped hull?

Amphibious Assault Vehicles still in the fight, JDNews, 30 January 2011.
... and in the all-important category of survivability. The EFV would have provided a tougher exterior and a hull that was V-shaped, rather than flat, to protect against the modern threat of improvised explosive devices.
No, it does not have a V-shaped hull. It has a flatbottom so it can hydroplane like USS Freedom, only half as fast.

Henry J. Cobb