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It never fully occurred to me just how ridiculously under armored the Defender is. I never really considered that it would be unreasonable to give soldiers so little protection.

But after seeing pictures of British troops in Afghanistan, I couldn't help but wonder; Why are the Defenders given such sparse and inadequate cover in PR?

For instance, look at this Defender:


And this one:


Is there any reason that the team has made the Defenders so open? Or was it just overlooked somewhat, in their creation?

Nowadays, like the Humvee, the Landys are getting up-armoured. When PR made them, they weren't.

i saw a documentary on a-stan (i think it was ross kemp in a-stan) where they didn't have any protection like in PR. so its not completely unrealistic. as for the reasons for that youd have to ask the british empire's military

General_J0k3r wrote:i saw a documentary on a-stan (i think it was ross kemp in a-stan) where they didn't have any protection like in PR. so its not completely unrealistic. as for the reasons for that youd have to ask the british empire's military

indeed, I'll just get my time machine to go back to 1812

want jackal

I can live without since I don't like using the rovers close in, but it would indeed be nice to get some protection

Dr2B Rudd wrote:indeed, I'll just get my time machine to go back to 1812

want jackal

I can live without since I don't like using the rovers close in, but it would indeed be nice to get some protection

the lack of protection can be a pain in the butt on longer ranges as well. some rifleman can easily hit you from the side as opposed to a HMMW or Vodnik.

It's the tradeoff between firepower and mobility vs protection. The Taleban hate 'em

Err would be nice if we could get a cloned version of the Rover with 6 seats and maybe some child armor plates stuck on sides? Since the British don't have their 'heavy jeep' that can transport a squad aside from the Saxon which got removed.