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General Dynamics delivers first MRAP vehicles designed to deflect blasts from IEDs
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| Jul 11, 2007
Posted on 07/15/2007 12:13:56 PM PDT by bnelson44
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To: sauropod
Naw, they appear on Future Weapons and The Transformers (you can buy the toy at Walmart even)... the evaluation better measure up to the ratings or it will be Dragon Skin all over again.
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07/15/2007 4:13:24 PM PDT
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Lil'freeper
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To: sauropod
to wit: Bonecrusher
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*I know, I know, this is FPI's Buffalo, not the GD vehicle...
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posted on
07/15/2007 4:21:42 PM PDT
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Lil'freeper
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To: bnelson44
The question is, do we have enough industrial capacity?Well DUH! We'll have 'em built in China...
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posted on
07/15/2007 4:29:44 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are a Nation of Laws... IGNORED Laws...)
To: bnelson44
I hope that the acronym “MRAP” won’t be used by some L.A.-based rap singer who goes on to join Snoop Dogg in concert: “Snoop Dog and MRAP”
To: Uriah_lost
Yes and no.
That is how they are fought on the battlefield.
They are won(?) and lost in Congress, though...
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posted on
07/15/2007 4:33:20 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are a Nation of Laws... IGNORED Laws...)
To: RobbyS
Near the end of the Vietnam war the military did the failed raid on the Son Tay prison camp. The troops had the then fairly new Aimpoint sights. 1970. I got out of the Army in 82/83, so the Aimpoints were around for over ten years, maybe 15. Officially we were not to have, use or practice with them, yet we all went down to the local good old boy civilian gun store and bought one. At the time they were about $150.
I don’t know when Aimpoints, or their equivalents were issued commonly, say around 1990. Maybe some knows. Anyhow, that simple, cheap, factor increasing technology took the Army 20 years. Pathetic.
By the way, the Son Tay raid failed because the planning was too long and the raiders showed up too late. Slowness again was the motto.
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posted on
07/15/2007 4:33:35 PM PDT
by
Leisler
(Just be glad your not getting all the Government you pay for.)
To: bnelson44
I see. Well, that makes sense. They are copies of the south african design. But now there is the question...what’s the difference between a cougar and a RG-31 charger? Maybe the “charger” is a misprint. This is what was confusing me. I found it in the wikipedia site. Go down to where it says “variants”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RG-31
this is the same link I posted earlier.
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posted on
07/15/2007 4:34:04 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Those that can do, do. Those that can't do, teach. Those that can't do either, run for office)
To: Leisler
You mean every commander is not Stonewall jackson? ;-)
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posted on
07/15/2007 4:40:10 PM PDT
by
RobbyS
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To: mamelukesabre
RG-31 Charger - US Army version of the Mk3 and Mk5 with a Detroit Diesel engine
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posted on
07/15/2007 5:05:29 PM PDT
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bnelson44
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To: bnelson44
So the marine version is called a cougar, and has a foreign made engine? What is it? Mercedes benz? Isuzu?
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posted on
07/15/2007 5:22:09 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Those that can do, do. Those that can't do, teach. Those that can't do either, run for office)
To: bnelson44
But they lived!!! This is fantastic. Let the creeps build bigger ieds. It has to be more difficult for them to do that and more costly. There should be a lot fewer of them.
This looks to be a terrific vehicle!
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posted on
07/15/2007 7:38:21 PM PDT
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