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Inquisitor ^ | 04.22.2016 | Murphy

Posted on 04/22/2016 2:32:15 PM PDT by ameribbean expat

It appears the U.S. Army was attempting to transport three of the armored vehicles to the Hohenfels Military Base in Germany when the Humvees were inadvertently dropped several hundred feet to the ground, where they crashed into a million pieces.

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To: ameribbean expat

I love the guys laughing in the background.


21 posted on 04/22/2016 3:59:21 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ask Bernie supporters two questions: Who is rich. Who decides. In the past, that meant who died.)
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To: EEGator

ROFL!!


22 posted on 04/22/2016 4:16:30 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: W.
Wow, what happened there? Sorry.

My old man backed a tank over half of a jeep. He had to pay for it, on Uncle Sam's friendly installment plan. How much of his ass got chewed remains classified...

23 posted on 04/22/2016 4:18:36 PM PDT by W. (Screw it. Send in the Marines! NOW!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Who are the clowns who are cheering?

It would have been me if I was standing there.......LOL!

Been there and saw dumb stuff.........

24 posted on 04/22/2016 4:20:38 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: jazusamo
I suspect the one or more laughing isn’t laughing now.

Don't bet on it..I'm sure there was a lot of background laughter going on that wasn't caught on the video.......

The only one not laughing is the CO responsible for the pre-drop prep...........Oh well, shit happens......LOL!

25 posted on 04/22/2016 4:25:20 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: ameribbean expat

That’s one way to get rid of old broken down hanger queens that the higher ups refuse to replace.


26 posted on 04/22/2016 4:56:25 PM PDT by captain_dave
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To: dp0622

:)


27 posted on 04/22/2016 4:57:54 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: captain_dave

That is so true.

We never did anything as large as a HMMWV, but old prc-77 radios may or may not have experienced a similar fate.

The thing that surprised me is the new hummers cost up to 220k. Summer 1987, Ft Bragg. We pulled our first hummers out of their crates, price tags still attached. 27k each.

Hopefully for 220k the battery under the front passenger seat doesn’t get so hot you have to put your flak jacket on the seat just to sit down for any length of time.


28 posted on 04/22/2016 5:26:11 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: Hot Tabasco

True that, he’s in a world of hurt. The thing that blows me away is that it was videoed and then put on facebook and you tube.


29 posted on 04/22/2016 5:29:10 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Alas Babylon!
Because it was funny to them.

Damn straight it was!

When your every move is defined by regulation, custom, local orders, or the grand plans of people totally ignorant of what they might entail, watching one of those plans turn brown, without any injuries, can be a real morale boost.

Real question should be Why in hell would someone deliver several 130 loads of Hummers by parachute, into open fields, when there are perfectly good runways all over the landscape?

If, as I suspect, the answer is a training exercise...didn't they simply relearn that airdrops are going to see something like 10% failures under the best of conditions?

30 posted on 04/22/2016 6:00:39 PM PDT by norton
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To: ameribbean expat

HMMWV had (has still?) one of the most uncomfortable seats. Sure it could go anywhere. But it’s another example of a vehicle nobody really wanted. The jeeps were ok but I would’ve preferred a Land Rover or G wagon


31 posted on 04/22/2016 6:04:10 PM PDT by captain_dave
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To: ameribbean expat; markomalley; DYngbld; TADSLOS; xsrdx; big'ol_freeper; Mark17; mikefive; ...

Active Duty ping.


32 posted on 04/22/2016 6:18:57 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: captain_dave
I thought they were embracing queens in the military now! Oh, wait a minute - you're talking about aircraft.

Please disregard.

"If I am captured, I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape
and aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy."

33 posted on 04/22/2016 6:31:00 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN - 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
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To: ameribbean expat

I’m glad those jackasses got a chuckle while American tax dollars are being wasted.


34 posted on 04/22/2016 6:35:53 PM PDT by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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To: ameribbean expat; Jet Jaguar
The article incorrectly said that these were Army aircraft. The Army does not own or operate C-130s. It was Air Force aircraft dropping Army equipment. Given that this was Europe, and working with the 173d, I would guess the C-130s were from Ramstein, specifically the 37th Airlift Squadron, known as “The Blue Tailed Flies.”
35 posted on 04/22/2016 7:30:58 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: SkyPilot

I don’t have much experience with “heavies”.

Who packs the US Army’s stuff? If it is the AF, this is an embarrassment. If it is the Army, then I can see the chuckles...


36 posted on 04/22/2016 7:37:45 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: datura
Hohenfels.. I sure used to hate humpin up that hill from the train to the caserne.

Spent two January's at Hohenfels and Graf. Actually listened to the first Superbowl on Armed Forces Radio while there.

37 posted on 04/22/2016 7:46:18 PM PDT by Starstruck (I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
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To: ameribbean expat

It’s happened before:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hNcCjKEOF8


38 posted on 04/22/2016 7:48:07 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Held my nose to vote.)
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To: SkyPilot

The C130 in the loading pic lower on that page is from Ramstein.

Looks like the vehicles were not strapped to the pallets doesn’t it?


39 posted on 04/22/2016 8:24:52 PM PDT by Rockpile (GOP legislators-----caviar eating surrender monkeys.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

I have no idea who does it now, but back in my day AF loadmasters had final say on all palletized materiel flying out of the ass end of USAF aircraft.


40 posted on 04/22/2016 8:47:01 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
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