By Joe Autera - Larry Side - Tony Scotti A while back we wrote a small article titled “You Can’t Be Average”; the article got a great deal of response, and one of the most asked questions was - OK, when talking about driving and Escaping The Kill Zone, (ETKZ) if not “Average” then “What is good”. To answer the question we go to the data VDI collects to test their vehicles … [Read more...]
Mission Oriented Driving Skills (MODS) – Driving INTO The Kill Zone
May 4, 2013 by 1 Comment
During the coverage of the Marathon Bombings, the National and International media flooded the airways and print with video’s and pictures of tactical vehicles doing what they are designed to do - drive INTO the kill zone. This is a scenario the security community may find unusual. But there are SWAT Teams all over the world whose job requires them on a regular basis to drive into the kill zone. … [Read more...]
The Presidential Vehicle
March 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Good friend Stu Resmer sent me this You Tube video on the Beast - It is an interview with a former GM employee who help build the Presidential Limo - in the interview he criticizes the “other manufacture” (Ford). He said that the Bush limo had poor brakes. I find that hard to believe. http://tinyurl.com/cdggn5z This is a video of the last time the President's Vehicle made the … [Read more...]
Attack on the Italian Consul in Libya
January 14, 2013 by 1 Comment
The Italian Consul, Guido De Sanctis has been nice enough demonstrate, again, why armored vehicles are a good thing. I’ll wait until we can get more information about the attack - but look at where the rounds hit the side windows - does that create questions? Some news … [Read more...]
THE FIRST ATTACK ON A “MOTORCADE”? – TSAR ALEXANDER OF RUSSIA
August 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This is an extreme example of how things have not change all that much One of the first “vehicle assassinations” was that of Tsar Alexander II in Russia. He was one of the first victims of an assassination in an armored vehicle. The vehicle happened to be an armored horse drawn carriage, a gift from Napoleon III of France. As he was known to do every Sunday the Tsar drove in a three sleigh … [Read more...]