Posted on 11/19/2022 8:15:36 AM PST by dynachrome
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is deploying National Guard troops in M113 armored personnel carrier to various positions along the border after earlier threatening to use gunboats in an attempt to quell the influx of migrants at the border.
The news comes after Abbott invoked a Constitutional clause on Wednesday warning President Joe Biden that the Lone Star state would go rogue to defend itself from what he calls a migrant 'invasion' at the southern border.
Texas Military Department officials ordered the 10 armored personnel carriers on Thursday and announced around 50 soldiers would be trained to operate them.
Armored personnel carriers are large, heavily armored vehicles that move on tracks like tanks but are designed to carry troops into battle alongside tanks.
Affectionately known as the 'battle taxi' by troops in the Army, the M113 is bulletproof and can withstand small explosions - the US recently sent 200 to Ukraine for the country's fight against Russia.
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Good
Now send AMMO!!!!! Fer crys sake.
The left is intentionally killing TX. Abbott has skin in the game. Unfortunately, Dems and RINOs do not.
“Actually APCs. Close enough. Go Abbot!”
Lots of models.
A lot of difference between tanks and APC’s. The title is sensationalistic clickbait.
The 114 is a far cry from being a tank.
I want to see mounted .50 cals and one set up with 120mm mortars for “illumination missions.”
I hope Gov. Abbot ignores any drooling idiot, stalinist ‘judge’ that orders him to stop.
WOW! Impressive.
This must be his last straw.
Trouble is the cartels, with all their ill gotten money,
have larger and perhaps more numerous tanks than we.
They're flooding across our borders and we'll never, ever, get rid of them. Thinking that we can (get rid of them) is about as naive as thinking we'll someday get those fags back into the closet. Cf. my tagline.
โI hope Gov. Abbot ignores any drooling idiot, stalinist โjudgeโ that orders him to stopโ
I donโt think Abbot has the stones for that. Itโs good heโs finally doing this but in the end he is more Pence than he is Trump.
Guard troops are not going to fire on civilians. They know it, we know it and the wetbacks know it.
The whole plan is kind of cringe worthy. I wonder what staffer suggested such a thing.
Snuff out the cartels and this shit ends.
But that would be racist.
Ain’t seen nothing yet.
Wait till December when Title 42 expires.
Maybe, Abbott prepping for the real hell to come?
As long as they have M60 machine guns with full load, Iโm all for it. Shoot โem coming across the border. Weapons free.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ - ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ (๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ).
Yep. If you pull it, you better be ready to use it.
.22s to increase their chances of surviving and going back and warning others.
Land mines and loud speakers pointed south that broadcast a “Survivors will be shot” message 24/7. Deputize the citizenry to repel invaders.
I think they retired the M60โs, but Ma Duce will due.
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