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Business and Credit Concentrations (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Foreign customers outside the U.S. and Canada [Member]
Schedule of significant portions of the Company's net sales
Net sales, percentage	40.00%	29.00%	32.00%
United States Army Program Office, Saudi Arabian National Guard
Schedule of significant portions of the Company's net sales
Net sales, percentage	11.00%
General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada [Member]
Schedule of significant portions of the Company's net sales
Net sales, percentage		11.00%
Kongsberg Defense And Aerospace AS [Member]
Schedule of significant portions of the Company's net sales
Net sales, percentage			14.00%

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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