Government Seizes Sheriff’s Tracked Armored Vehicle At Behest Of Obama [VIDEO]

Daily Caller ^ | 11/19/15 | Kerry Pickett

[TigersEye]

I don’t see the problem with buying milsurp and saving money.

[Norm Lenhart]

On your part. You claim a Sherriff isn’t a cop and he needs military hardware to fight fires.

[Norm Lenhart]

Milsurp that was GIVEN AT A FRACTION OF THE COST and that is military, not law enforcement in nature.

Who paid for it? The actual cost?

[TigersEye]

I can see the value of an armored tracked vehicle in a forest fire or flood even if you can’t. I don’t even know if my sheriff has any. You naturally missed the point I started with, it’s his call.

I’ll kindly thank you and 0bama to keep your noses the hell out of our county’s business.

[TigersEye]

Milsurp that is sold, recouping some cost for the Fed taxpayer, instead of being scrapped and bought for less than new. Unless you think sheriffs spend their budgets buying used for more than new. You might think that.

[Mogger]

Watch the auctions. Maybe we can buy this stuff cheap.

Then we can make ourselves and the vehicles available to local sheriffs for disaster use.

I have two German army Mercedes Benz Unimog radio vans.

As a ham radio operator I have trained with the Red Cross and the Wildland firefighters to assist them with communications in emergencies.

I also help with communications for the New England Forest Rally, the Climb to the Clouds auto race, the Wildman Biathalon among other things.

I belong to the Green Mountain Military Collectors' Club and participate in events and parades with them.

A few of the members of that have some tracked armor.

Military surplus stuff is just plain fun, and handy for many non military things.

[TigersEye]

I have two German army Mercedes Benz Unimog radio vans.

No kidding? Should have know from your handle. I'd love to have a Unimog. I've spent a few hours lurking on mog forums reading about their adventures and checking out the pics.

Maybe you were among the contributors. IIRC most were based in the northeast.

[alfa6]

That is an M-577 variant of the old M-113 APC. The 577 was used for command posts and HQs for the self propelled arty units.

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[jch10]

Why would more funding be needed? Just return the vehicles and don’t take away any more.

[NTHockey]

Guess where the terrorists are going in Alabama.

[Bulwyf]

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. If I want pizza delivered, maybe I’ll call SEALS. If I want highly professional, competent military help, I’ll call Delta.

I’ve worked with both and seals weren’t worth the cost to feed them. Delta I trust with my life.

[ConservativeWarrior]

“Disarming local police forces???”

To make them less formidable to whom?

Not the US military. They won’t turn on us, and certainly not for Obama.

BLM asshats? Not likely. They’re mostly kids and would have their asses handed to them by the rest of us when things got real.

There is a vacuum here. What force benefits from weakly equipped local police forces??

Hmmmm... 250k muslim immigrants per year. A muslim POTUS. Is there a call to arms coming soon? How much damage can they do?

[Mogger]

There are several folks scattered around the country who import Unimogs.

One of my friends in Vermont has two 404 models for sale right now.

One, a Swiss army troop carrier and the other a German army radio van.

$4500 each. I would say they are really worth around $7 to 9 thousand each.

for a more modern one (and a LOT more money), say around $30,000, George Bull in New Hampshire is who I've bought ours from. Very good guy to deal with.

I buy most of my parts from Scott Ingham (Expedition Imports) in California.

Another great guy to deal with, and he imports Unimogs too.

[To Hell With Poverty]

Sorry to hear you had to go thru something like that.

[Blue Jays]

To paint more detail behind my Post# 22 in this thread:

I recently telephoned police to help with a simple traffic accident I witnessed as a BYSTANDER and for them to send help. The officers KNEW in advance the person (me) who called-in the request for assistance was wearing khaki shorts, hiking boots, red socks, and a bright red wool sweater...since I heard their dispatch radioing that very same description to responding officers while I was still on the phone.

I was standing outside my vehicle as they approached. I began to walk towards the cruisers as they rolled-up and received the crazed "GET THE FU*K BACK INTO YOUR VEHICLE, NOW!" command as they exited. This was at a simple fender-bender where I had just stopped as a motorist because I was an impartial witness. The two other drivers were totally cool and were exchanging information. Nobody was fighting or even raising their voices.

Had I accidentally stumbled, reached for my phone, suffered a muscle spasm, or anything else unexpected...that 'roid-raging maniac with the vein bulging out of his forehead would have drawn his service weapon and shot me. It was a surreal and life-changing experience. I will never, ever willingly help another police officer again in my life.

[ConservingFreedom]

A few years back, in semi rural Connecticut, some of the local towns formed a SWAT team, complete with one of these vehicles. Now, the towns are paying millions to settle a case where a raid went wrong, and some guy was executed, because a stripper saw some pot in his friend’s house. One of the overwhelming sentiments expressed was that the cops just had to have something to do, with their shiny new equipment . . .

Turning our police forces into armies at war with us is a small price to pay to combat the Demon Weed. /s

[Blue Jays]

How many times have we read stories of dynamic entries, flashbang grenades, SWAT teams, and similar for a raid on:

272 Maple Street
Anytown, USA

When they *really* meant to visit:

227 Maple Street
Anytown, USA

When they get those powerful tools, it should require a demonstrable increase in care and safety, too.

[TigersEye]

$4500 each.

That's amazing really. I presume you mean in running condition so that's just an incredible price. Many years ago, decades, a friend of mine bought a British Bull Dog that had been outfitted as a radio unit. It was in need of more repairs than he could afford at the time but it ran and was a great off road machine. Far and away a better machine than a U.S. Army Jeep.

[Mogger]

The $4500 ones need minor work.

If you're familiar with 60s straight 6 gassers, it's simple.

The 30K ones seldom require much work.

I changed a light bulb and replaced a fan belt idler bearing in mine.

Also converted both of mine entirely to Amsoil Synthetic lubricants.

[TigersEye]

The $4500 ones need minor work.

That's to be expected. If the motor runs and the drive train drives that's a great price. I have a '49 Chevy truck with a '59 straight six in it and a '59 Chevy 3/4 ton that had a straight six in it so, yes, I can work on one of those.

I may be getting a little long in the tooth to take on any more projects at this point. Right now I'm too tied up by obligations to do the restos on my two trucks but if circumstances changed I could imagine building an ultimate bug out vehicle out of a Unimog.