Posted on 06/22/2006 7:05:09 PM PDT by Reaganesque
Jump out those back double doors, and do a parachute landing fall?
The best defense is a good offense. Ask Zarqawi. Oh, you can't he's dead. When the rest of them are as well, no more IEDs.
parachute landing fall? doesn't that mean they roll on the ground? Its still pretty slow.
How long until we see these cruising the streets of Hollywood, painted gloss black and pulling up to the finest restaraunts?
Absolutely. Cougar's a great thing to have, but nailing Zarq and the intelligence we gained will go much further towards protecting our guys than the 50 or so Cougars we've got. Like all weapons Cougar will only be effective when used in the right way in the right place and time. Another step forward.....
Besides we try to put all kinds of platforms on the hummer frame. The M997 ambulance is impossible to up-armor, already heavier than other hummers (so it has trouble keeping up on patrols) and the patient compartment is poorly designed.
We should look at replacing the hummer over the next decade or so with wheeled vehicles that are better suited to wartime requirements.
Central Hardin graduate gives ‘the ultimate’ in Iraq
Chris White grew up on farm in Eastview, died in roadside blast.
Chris, a machine gunner, and four other Marines were riding in the last Humvee in a convoy traveling Tuesday through Al-Anbar Province when a roadside bomb exploded, William White said. Three Marines, including Chris, were killed.
It's just Hummers with extra steroids. :P
Cool ride.
Funny how the military always name their best equipment after me.
Now, where can I buy one of those.
I would have a hard time. The ragheads are managing to get it done. You don't have to believe it, but talk to someone in theater - they believe because they are seeing it.
FYI. Things those pesky insurgents are doing(From a NewsMax story):
When the Marines first went into the city they were aware of the tight control insurgents exercised over Haditha. They discovered that the insurgents had freshly paved-over dirt roads leading into town under the auspices of civic works projects.
They were, according to a NewsMax source, "beautiful asphalt surfaced roads" adorned that even included painted lines. The only problem, the source recalled, was that insurgents had laid more than 100 mega-IEDs under that asphalt. And, in order to avoid having to change batteries in the triggering devices, they wired them into the city power lines lining the road.
Got the report yesterday on how they did it.
They rebuilt the roads paving over IEDs and
even wired them into the city electric so as
to not worry about batteries running down.
Those barbaric fascists are losing troops fast though.
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