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1 posted on 06/09/2011 7:17:01 AM PDT by DJ Elliott
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I thought Klinton made fishing reefs out of these?
RPG magnets in any event.


2 posted on 06/09/2011 7:29:02 AM PDT by donozark (It's hard to afford a psychiatrist when you work at a gas station...)
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The M113 APC, its been around forever. I trained on it in 1971 at Armored Recon school at Ft Knox. It had a 318 Detroit Diesel and you steered it with two levers, pulling back the one on the side you wanted to turn, locking that track. It had a 50 cal on top and was a ball to drive and fire. Only had about an inch of aluminum armor though. A 30 cal would go through it. It's hard to believe they still use them. I wonder if they still make them?

Mike

3 posted on 06/09/2011 7:29:39 AM PDT by MichaelP (The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools ~HS)
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Not a bad vehicle if you remember that it’s not a tank. The A3 model has some good upgrades.


8 posted on 06/09/2011 8:28:09 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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The US military has made the Iraqi Army amazingly powerful. All sorts of military schools, from basic training through command and general staff; a strong emphasis on logistics, supply and maintenance; division and corps level operations, worth their weight in gold.

As of July 2009, the Iraqi Army had 17 divisions, containing 56 brigades or 185 combat battalions.


11 posted on 06/09/2011 9:03:10 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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