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Military buying Chrysler minivans, Pacificas to ferry troops in non-combat zones.

Oh, you know that these things will somehow end up in combat operations if they are available transportation. Our troops know how to improvise. The minivans and Pacificas will just be "light assault vehicles" with good air conditioning! LOL.

[R. Scott]

Hmmm…. A minivan loaded down with a couple tons of armor plate.

[SIDENET]

Does anyone have a picture of the EM-50 "Urban Assault Vehicle" from Stripes?

:-)

[Fresh Wind]

I don't know. I see vehicles like these involved in combat operations every day on the Interstates.

[zip]

Chrysler minivans

I hope they buy extra transmissions so they can use them for more than 50000 miles (although I got 65000 on one of mine.)

[mylife]

I want and armored pacifica

[highlander_UW]

The Windsor Star newspaper story, which appears on the Web site Canada.com, quotes an unnamed source at the Canadian plant as saying the military has already placed a down-payment on the vehicles and that the factory has begun building them.

I'm not comfortable with the Canadians being war profiteers in this. I say build these in the US. Why build up the Canadian economy after their less than useful assistance?

[sgtbono2002]

It seems pretty stupid to me. We all know the right vehicle for Iraq is the Toyota 4 wheel drive pickup, Its what the Iraqui insurgents use and they have had good luck with them.

Just paint them a color other than white.

[xp38]

Pacifica is an odd name for a vehicle in a war zone.

[tnlibertarian]

Who woulda thunk it? Caravans in the desert.