LOL My buddy was telling me that during first Gulf War, back in '91, when his SpecOps unit hit the desert the first thing they did was go over and buy about 70 Range Rovers and Toyota Land Cruisers for the SOF guys to do recons. That's part of the story. The other half is that a Land Rover will fit the drive-in ramp of a CH47 Chinook helicopter, a HUMVEE is too wide to be carried aboard. For the same reason, the Army's Ranger battallions are going to the Landy as well.
Should American forces come to a bridgeless river, they come to a screeching halt. The Rangers, at least, may be able to get across with their vehicles; if regular Infantry units cross via Helo inserts, they do so as leg infantry without their vehicles.
And as for being accompanied by Strykers, forget it. They won't even fit in a C130, and only mount a .50 Browning MG.
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03/14/2004 1:18:20 PM PST by
archy
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The "LOG" side wasn't mentioned, although it makes perfect sense. Maybe since he knew I used to be a Log puke myself at the G-Staff level, he figured I already knew.... It was the fact that a Humvee is recognizable as purely AMERICAN and therefore becomes an "RPG" magnet, whereas a Land Rover or Cruiser might be a wandering sheik.
It was just the way he told it, with a bunch of SOF guys all loaded up fer bear hauling A$$ across the sands in this luxury vehicle, AC and stereo blasting.....well it made a funny mental image.