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When a Hummer won't do
The Star ^ | August 25, 2006 | TONY WONG

Posted on 08/26/2006 8:54:50 PM PDT by Para-Ord.45

It can stop a bullet from an AK-47, shrug off a roadside bomb, and it makes a Hummer look like a chick car.

The $200,000 (U.S.) Gurkha is coming to a road near you — thanks to a King City-based company that is finding itself in demand because of the global war on terror.

"They are pretty awesome machines," says William Whyte, owner of Armet Armored Vehicles Inc., the company that builds the Gurkha. "We've been stopped on roads with people taking pictures and wanting to know what they are."

The Gurkha can go more than 150 kilometres per hour — plenty fast for a military vehicle — and is the highest level of protection you can get next to sitting in a tank, Whyte says. It certainly looks fierce enough.

The squat 8,620 kilogram vehicle looks every bit the ticked-off hedgehog, bristling with testosterone and armour plating.(exerpt)


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KEYWORDS: armet; carporn; d; gurkha; whatyousay
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To: demkicker

A chick sees a car like that and she thinks, there's a guy who is into:

razor wire
buying ammunition in belts
dehydrated food
JFK conspiracy theories
his mom

On the other hand, if she sees the Bentley, she thinks, "I wonder if he has a matching Hawker?"


21 posted on 08/26/2006 9:12:43 PM PDT by durasell (!)
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To: AndrewB

The 997 could be greatly improved upon.


22 posted on 08/26/2006 9:14:39 PM PDT by 91B (God made man, Sam Colt made men equal)
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To: ElkGroveDan

"What's the cost on one of those babies?"


probably $20 tops around 47th and 10th... i mean, that's what somebody "told" me.... : )


23 posted on 08/26/2006 9:15:32 PM PDT by Hand em their arse
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To: 91B

Is that the one where they take their teeth out?


24 posted on 08/26/2006 9:15:48 PM PDT by AndrewB
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To: Ready4Freddy

The "Balkan" is nice, but I think I like the "Gurhka" better. Don't know why, but it reminds me of "Bakalakadaka Street" in the Team America movie.


25 posted on 08/26/2006 9:16:27 PM PDT by hsalaw
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To: AndrewB

no silly, now your talking about "gummers"...


26 posted on 08/26/2006 9:16:48 PM PDT by Hand em their arse
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To: demkicker

"I live in Houston and there are times when I'd really like to be driving a Gurkha!"

What you need in Houston is a Wasp. 50 cal turret in the front and another in the back, sandbagged for cover. Gives an entirely new meaning to "drive-by shooting."


27 posted on 08/26/2006 9:18:00 PM PDT by dsc
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To: AndrewB

It's the hummer ambulance variant.


28 posted on 08/26/2006 9:19:04 PM PDT by 91B (God made man, Sam Colt made men equal)
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To: tryon1ja

It gets forty rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it!...


29 posted on 08/26/2006 9:20:14 PM PDT by jurroppi1
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To: dsc
Or this: The Gherkin


30 posted on 08/26/2006 9:22:51 PM PDT by AndrewB
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To: Hand em their arse
Hey how did I get dragged into this? I was joking about Gurkha cigars not Hummers or hummers or Monica or presidential cigars.

After a day with a bunch of wild kids, I could sure use one right about now though ...

(a cigar darn it!)

31 posted on 08/26/2006 9:23:52 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (California bashers will be called out)
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To: AndrewB

Head bloody and bowed, I leave you in possession of the field.


32 posted on 08/26/2006 9:23:56 PM PDT by dsc
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To: durasell

'CDMV'
Caucasian Detroit Motor Vehicle


33 posted on 08/26/2006 9:28:39 PM PDT by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: durasell

Actually, if she sees the Bentley, she wonders if he needs a hummer...


34 posted on 08/26/2006 9:30:15 PM PDT by thoughtomator (There is no "Islamofascism" - there is only Islam)
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To: demkicker

I thought for sure this was a Bill Clinton thread...


35 posted on 08/26/2006 9:31:00 PM PDT by RockinRight (She rocks my world, and I rock her world.)
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To: durasell

She probably thinks the same in both cases: Sure he's got a huge bankroll, I wonder if he's overcompensating?


36 posted on 08/26/2006 9:34:12 PM PDT by hotshu
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To: shadowcat

Tomorrow's suburban grocery getter?


37 posted on 08/26/2006 9:36:19 PM PDT by billhilly
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To: Para-Ord.45

Okay, so if Muslims buy this for their women, they would be burkhas in gurkhas??


38 posted on 08/26/2006 9:40:36 PM PDT by pillut48 (CJ in TX (Bible Thumper and Proud!))
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To: pillut48

Just realized that "Burkhas in Gurkhas" sounds like a rock band! ;-)


39 posted on 08/26/2006 9:43:21 PM PDT by pillut48 (CJ in TX (Bible Thumper and Proud!))
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To: Para-Ord.45

That's an APC.


40 posted on 08/26/2006 9:52:04 PM PDT by processing please hold (If you can't stand behind our military, stand in front of them.)
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