Re: Armored cars

[Stan <srydzews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Benjamin Lott wrote:
> 
> Chris Kracik wrote:
> >
> > I was doing a bit of surfing on this subject, and found most cash-in-transit
> > vans and trucks won't even stand up to 7.62 ball.  Most are only armored up
> > to Level II or III (.357/.44 Mag).  Some manufacturers can supply vehicles
> > with Level VI protection.
> 
>   Another thing to consider, in the ME timeline, they might have beefed
> up the armor on the trucks due to the increase in crime and violence.
> Any two-bit gang could shred an armored car easy.  

Or...it might be more cost-effective for a large company to keep the 
lousy trucks for most routes and have a few 'specials' that they send 
into an area if a lot of their trucks are getting hit.  These would be
heavily armored trucks crewed by gun-happy enforcers (not the $7.00 an
hour guys) just begging for the local gang to give them an excuse to 
open up.  Kind of like a World War I Q-ship.  Gee, now where are they 
going to hire a crew of gun-happy enforcers?

> Thinking of having the cell pose as a car crew and see if they get hit?  
> Might be interesting.

I see you're way ahead of me here. :)  Man, I hope the gang doesn't find
out about the set-up, they might have some countermeasures of their own.