M1117 Guardian Armored Security Vehicle
Posted on 08/29/2005 5:50:13 AM PDT by SuzyQ2
By W. Thomas Smith Jr.
SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published August 29, 2005
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- When U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Keith Kempke returns to Iraq to find and destroy land mines and improvised explosive devices, he'll be supported by a growing fleet of new armored vehicles such as the Buffalo and the Cougar.
He's already seen them in action.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
It's about time.
Headline had me envisioning PETA getting all worked up ...
Just goes to show if it ain't designed here must not be worth anything.
I too had a vision of a herd of buffalo stampeding through a minefield – it would work, and supply meat to the locals. There would be one problem – shrapnel in the meat. I was so glad to get back to the USA and eat a steak without chunks of metal in it.
After WW2, German POW's were forced to clear mines in a number of areas. I don't see why we can't do the same with the Abu Ghraib prisoners.
According to a friend in the Border Patrol Police, here in Thailand they still use herds of cattle to clear landmines in some of the border areas. They send the cows in and if one gets blown up, they recover the meat and have a BBQ.
Same Cougar?
http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/lf/English/2_0_21_1.asp?uSubSection=21&uSection=1
http://www.sfu.ca/casr/101-vehcoug.htm
"Oh, give me a home,
"Where the buffalo roam,
"And occasionally go KABOOM!
During WW2, Stalin used his own troops, in punishment brigades, to clear mines by marching them through in advance of the regular units.
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