Posted on 04/24/2009 11:31:58 AM PDT by JoeProBono
Deep in the heart of the English countryside, just outside Aldershot in Hampshire, the calm of a hot spring morning is shattered by the roar of a 5.9 litre diesel engine. The Jackal 2 is the upgraded version of the Army's weapons mounted patrol vehicle and is making its public debut. Its predecessor - The Jackal - was deployed to Afghanistan in April 2008 to provide British forces with an off-road vehicle that could travel long distances, provide fire support when needed and, importantly, could offer a degree of protection against small arms fire and roadside bombs and so-called improvised explosive devices (IED).
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Bruce Willis was great in that role. I think that’s on the weekend’s viewing agenda.
Sometimes I can see that ‘freedom of the press’ must be muffled.
what was that weapon that bruce had? It shot off Jack Black’s arm... Was that a 50?
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