Obama DHS Purchases 2,700 Light-Armored Tanks to Go With Their 1.6 Billion Bullet Stockpile

Gateway Pundit ^ | March 3, 2013 | Jim Hoft

[2ndDivisionVet]

This is getting a little creepy.

According to one estimate, since last year the Department of Homeland Security has stockpiled more than 1.6 billion bullets, mainly .40 caliber and 9mm.

DHS also purchased 2,700 Mine Resistant Armor Protected Vehicles (MRAP).

Modern Survival Blog reported:

The Department of Homeland Security (through the U.S. Army Forces Command) recently retrofitted 2,717 of these ‘Mine Resistant Protected’ vehicles for service on the streets of the United States.

Although I’ve seen and read several online blurbs about this vehicle of late, I decided to dig slightly deeper and discover more about the vehicle itself.

The new DHS sanctioned ‘Street Sweeper’ (my own slang due to the gun ports) is built by Navistar Defense (NavistarDefense.com), a division within the Navistar organization...

[null and void]

As well they should be. Always.

[philman_36]

My pleasure.

Also here...28-18. Wear of full-color U.S. flag cloth replica
Figure 28-135 and 136

[Skepolitic]

It says “Homeland Security”, not National Guard.

[GOYAKLA]

These vehicles remind me of turtles(designed for protection of what’s inside).
That also brings to mind the photo of a fence-post turtle. sorry but I do not have a copy.
I’m also positive that out there in Redneck land there are some that can and will design a V8 powered vehicle to attack and upset one of those monstrosities. An attack from the side by a wedged shape vehicle that could turn it on it’s side would do wonders.
My thoughts go back to the TV show, “Robot Wars”(?).

[tacticalogic]

Wonder how it would fare against a D8 Cat?

[hummingbird]

"Looks like barry’s private army is getting equipped to seal the takeover."

Looks like the kind of "flexibility" he said he would have after his election.

He sent a message to Putin that he would have more "flexibility" during his second term - whatever that meant.

Well, he seems to have all kinds of flexibility re: tanks, weapons, bullets now. Maybe for Homeland Security or to send to Egypt when that country falls apart.

[Skepolitic]

The funny thing is that the guys who wrote those lyrics were out and about to protest Bush, and are silent now that Obama is out doing Bush in something happening here that ain’t exactly clear.

[GOYAKLA]

I have seen Cats with buckets that had slip on bars on bottom of buckets that were used to carry large pipe(concrete or metal).
A D8 would make believes out of those inside.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqpxeWQ_XJw

[Jane Long]

Not to mention that Robert Retch has now accused the Tea Party of wanting to “undermine” the government.

[RedMonqey]

For Big Boom, try “AN/FO” (for ammonium nitrate/fuel
Crack them open like Walnuts...

[Old Sarge]

:ba-dump-kssshhh:

[null and void]

Nixon. The song is older than you think.

[Defiant]

I have no doubt that Obama will orchestrate riots in the streets if there are ever any cuts to entitlements, even small ones. But there is no way he will send out troops to stop it. He will revel in it.

[Army Air Corps]

In the last two years there have been a couple of news reports of IEDs discovered in the Rio Grande valley area.

[Nifster]

it gets more and more dangerous

[Pappy Smear]

Theo says, "It looks like they are bringing in an AR V" (Die Hard reference for those of you that have sworn off Hollywood since 1987)

[RedMonqey]

The funny thing is that the guys who wrote those lyrics were out and about to protest Bush

Not sure if you meant it but "For What It's Worth" is a song written in 1966 by Stephen Stills, (and performed by Buffalo Springfield) who is a hard lefty from the sixties and wrote this song in regards of the what was happening then.

No doubt this retread from that era would be against whatever Bush did.

Just to clear it up for the younger Freepers here...

[RedMonqey]

.Nixon. The song is older than you think.

Johnson actually.

Although they played it with a lot more rigor when "Tricky Dick" got elected...

[DCBryan1]

No one has mentioned that they are impervious to small arms fire (up to .50BMG) on the sides and front.

That's a shame, because I know my black tip .30-06 will go right through the top and rear. ....these wheeled APCs wouldn't last 72 hours in urban combat with determined veterans with a bolt action M1903 with black tip .30-06.

Also, my Husqvarna chainsaw would create an abatis in which they would have to dismount in order to regain mobility...all the while the "young uns" pick off the crew as they scramble from the flames and ammonia.

.....just sayin'....

[DCBryan1]

No one has mentioned that they are impervious to small arms fire (up to .50BMG) on the sides and front.

That's a shame, because I know my black tip .30-06 will go right through the top and rear. ....these wheeled APCs wouldn't last 72 hours in urban combat with determined veterans with a bolt action M1903 with black tip .30-06.

Also, my Husqvarna chainsaw would create an abatis in which they would have to dismount in order to regain mobility...all the while the "young uns" pick off the crew as they scramble from the flames and ammonia.

.....just sayin'....