Armored Quotes

You're watching the insurgents develop more sophisticated methods of attack, and more sophisticated IEDs. They're using shaped charges and anti-tank mines stacked together. They're using 500-pound bombs that can destroy any armored vehicle. They're using these so-called swarming attacks, firing several RPG rounds at one lightly armored vehicle. - Anthony Cordesman

Whenever in future wars the battle is fought, armored troops will play the decisive role. - Heinz Guderian

When I was on the show, I wore short, tight, leather hot pants and shoulder armor. With my costume, there was a lot of leather involved. I'd gladly leave the armored breastplates to Xena. - Jennifer Sky

When I visit Iraq... I ride around in an armored vehicle, and I am sure the secretary (of defense) does, as well. That should be the single standard: If it is good enough for the big-shots, it is good enough for every American soldier. - Gene Taylor

We spent $250,000 on an armored bus and hundreds of thousands on security guards, bulletproof vests, night goggles, and safe day camps for children. We're very proud of what we've accomplished, and we maintain a very vigorous paper trail and accounting methods to track where every dollar is spent. - Joel Fox

We have sent armored personnel carriers there, and the Frontier Constabulary is also there. The situation is pretty much under control. - Riffat Pasha

This so-called police force is in reality a ruthless paramilitary organization, equipped with a full range of military hardware, including heavy machine guns, and armored personnel carriers. - Doug Henderson

There was a completely different story than what we were being told in the United States. It was out of control. There weren't enough soldiers. Nobody had the right equipment. They were driving around in unarmored vehicles, some of them without doors ... So, knowing that they were ill-equipped and ill-prepared, they pushed them out anyway, because those two three-stars wanted their fifteen minutes of fame, I suppose. - Abu Ghraib