A curious question

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Grant

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armored vehicles:

one can order a number of vehicles with the "protection" option.

does this not interfere or compromise the vehicle in terms of accidents - ie crumple zones etc ?
 
Probably not a good idea to have an accident in one... From wiki

Crumple zones are designed to absorb the energy from the impact during a traffic collision by controlled deformation.

Crumple zones work by managing crash energy, absorbing it within the outer parts of the vehicle, rather than being directly transferred to the occupants, while also preventing intrusion into or deformation of the passenger cabin. This better protects car occupants against injury.
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I would imagine a car that deforms less will mean a lot more injuries for the occupants, chances are you won't get injured by a deformation of the survival space but negative G's from a sudden stop will probably be very dangerous.
 
I would imagine it depends on the spec of the vehicle and the level of protection. South African cash in transit vans inherently are small trucks with little in the way of impact protection anyways. I doubt much thought goes into crumple zones on a 5 ton truck. Whereas a company like Alpine Armoring makes bespoke vehicles for VIP's using composites and aramids. Since they're an appointed contractor to the US Dept of Defense - I'll assume their construction methods dovetail with manufacturers crumple zone designs.
 
Depends to what extent it's armoured, I suppose. Making a car resistent to small calibre gunfire wouldn't add that much weight. Some thick windows and a couple of sheets of aramid won't affect a vehicle's deformation in an accident much. Something like Obama's beast would be a whole different story.
 
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