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The FReeper Foxhole Remembers Operation Red Dragon - Congo (11/24/1964) - Feb. 19th, 2004
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Posted on 02/19/2004 12:00:10 AM PST by SAMWolf

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To: snippy_about_it
Nice formation :-)
101 posted on 02/19/2004 10:06:53 AM PST by SAMWolf (Contrary to popular belief Hamas has nothing to do with ham. If you throw ham at them they get angry)
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To: snippy_about_it
Here are my updated and modernized truppen!

Column Right, March! would work OK. How do they handle: About, Face!?

102 posted on 02/19/2004 10:10:24 AM PST by Professional Engineer (Chief recruiting officer, BicycleSpankenTruppen)
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To: Professional Engineer
Bunny hop the bike in a circle.
103 posted on 02/19/2004 10:12:37 AM PST by Darksheare (Cry "Hammock!" and let slip the gerbils of war!)
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To: Darksheare
Bunny hop the bike in a circle.

LOL. Just wait'll we see this guy do a tabletop!


104 posted on 02/19/2004 10:19:21 AM PST by Professional Engineer (Chief recruiting officer, BicycleSpankenTruppen)
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To: Professional Engineer
THAT would be some talent.
105 posted on 02/19/2004 10:25:03 AM PST by Darksheare (Cry "Hammock!" and let slip the gerbils of war!)
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To: Professional Engineer; Darksheare
Pop a wheely and spin around!
106 posted on 02/19/2004 10:25:38 AM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: snippy_about_it; Professional Engineer
"Pop a wheely and spin around!"

Dead or Alive - "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)"

You spin me right round, baby
Right round like a record, baby
Right round round round
You spin me right round, baby
Right round like a record, baby
Right round round round

I got to be your friend now, baby
And I would like to move in just a little bit closer
107 posted on 02/19/2004 10:32:13 AM PST by Darksheare (Cry "Hammock!" and let slip the gerbils of war!)
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To: Darksheare
Hey I've heard that one!
108 posted on 02/19/2004 10:36:24 AM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: SAMWolf
Nice formation :-)

Thanks. They're good soldiers.

109 posted on 02/19/2004 10:38:43 AM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: snippy_about_it
That's cuz they have a good First Sgt. :-)
110 posted on 02/19/2004 10:39:58 AM PST by SAMWolf (Contrary to popular belief Hamas has nothing to do with ham. If you throw ham at them they get angry)
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To: SAMWolf
:-)
111 posted on 02/19/2004 10:58:44 AM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: snippy_about_it
Fabrique National
Model A.S. 24

A cross-country three-wheeler tested by the army was the FN Model A.S. 24, built by Fabrique National D'Armes De Guerre in Herstal, Belgium. First offered in 1962, it was tested by the US Army in May 1963. It weighed 374 pounds, and could carry 770 pounds of men and equipment. Standing only 2 feet 10 inches high, it used a model FN 24 engine, which was a two-cylinder, two-stroke, 15 cubic inch engine developing 15 horsepower. The cross-country characteristics, compared with the three-wheel version of the Jeep, were enhanced somewhat by the 12x22 Lypsoid tires. Only one was obtained for test purposes.

from Richard Rongstadt's article in the Soldier Of Fortune Magazine
1964 Operation Dragon Rouge (Red Dragon) Stanleyville, Congo
Belgian Paracommandos armed with Vigneron 9mm M2 submachine guns on FN trikes speed across Stanleyville airport to rescue hostages being held/murdered by Simba rebels.

http://www.maxmatic.com/threes/fnas24.htm

112 posted on 02/19/2004 11:03:43 AM PST by SAMWolf (Contrary to popular belief Hamas has nothing to do with ham. If you throw ham at them they get angry)
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To: SAMWolf
Seems like a target rich environment!

and could carry 770 pounds of men and equipment

Where? LOL.

113 posted on 02/19/2004 11:07:56 AM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: snippy_about_it
Yuppers, thought you would.
I grew up to that, and the Cars, and Devo, and..
114 posted on 02/19/2004 11:15:16 AM PST by Darksheare (Cry "Hammock!" and let slip the gerbils of war!)
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To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf
Bicycling in a straight line generates wonderful targets for automatic weapons fire. But I'm sure your Men of Steel already know that ;)
115 posted on 02/19/2004 11:21:58 AM PST by Colonel_Flagg ("Forever is as far as I'll go.")
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To: SAMWolf
It weighed 374 pounds,

What a coincidence, so does this guy


116 posted on 02/19/2004 11:27:07 AM PST by Professional Engineer (Chief recruiting officer, BicycleSpankenTruppen)
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To: Professional Engineer; snippy_about_it

Got to mess around with one of these, A blast to play with. :-)

117 posted on 02/19/2004 11:31:21 AM PST by SAMWolf (Contrary to popular belief Hamas has nothing to do with ham. If you throw ham at them they get angry)
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To: SAMWolf
Say, that does look like fun.

I've wanted one of these since I was a kid

The TreadHead version


118 posted on 02/19/2004 11:37:19 AM PST by Professional Engineer (Chief recruiting officer, BicycleSpankenTruppen)
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To: Professional Engineer
Definately the Treadhead version :-)
119 posted on 02/19/2004 11:39:39 AM PST by SAMWolf (Contrary to popular belief Hamas has nothing to do with ham. If you throw ham at them they get angry)
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To: Professional Engineer

When my unit was called up for Flood Duty, we got to use these to patrol the dikes. Those were fun!!

120 posted on 02/19/2004 11:45:12 AM PST by SAMWolf (Contrary to popular belief Hamas has nothing to do with ham. If you throw ham at them they get angry)
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