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To: TastyManatees

11 posted on 10/08/2003 5:47:32 AM PDT by Diogenesis (If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us)
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To: Diogenesis

[per pic in post #11, above]

That's an American Roland launcher mounted on the chassis of the M270 MLRS barrage rocket launcher vehicle, rather than the chassis utilized by the Iraqis, apparently the Soviet-design MTLB tracked vehicle. The Germans use a tank chassis for a Roland launcher [as with their FlakGepard 30mm AA gun vehicle] with six roadwheels, the French a personnel carrier-derived vehicle with 5 roadwheels per side.

Iraqi Roland missile launch video filmed from Predator ASV *here*.

-archy-/-

20 posted on 10/08/2003 10:31:56 AM PDT by archy (Mia kusenveturilo estas plena da angiloj!)
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