[Az-Geocaching] GPS in the Army

[Mike Ingoglia]

yeah, but if you drop it from a helicopter it won't break in any more than
12 pieces... The off the shelf GPSr's will break in at least 20 pieces
'cause they're not military grade.... kind of like the Pentagon ashtrays and
toilet seats.  :-)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Cluff" <brian@snaptek.com>
To: <listserv@azgeocaching.com>
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] GPS in the Army


> Ben Dilcher wrote:
> > My brother E-5 Sergeant in the US army spends most of his time in a
> > Bradley attack vehicles (small fast moving tank) and the Hummers.Says
> > that the gps provided by the Army has an accuracy of 2 meters.
>
> Thats not really any better than most modern GPS devices, but I suppose
> the govt probably pays $50,000 for each of those.
> At least I would hope they are bullet proof or something that makes it
> work it :)
>
> Brian Cluff
> Team Snaptek
>
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