Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!Q.T.Honey!komachi.sp.cs.cmu.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!skynet.be!skynet.be!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!i61-195-247-171.us.catvmics.ne.JP!not-for-mail From: Declan Murphy Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Ladies, would you post this? Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 13:33:37 +0900 Lines: 21 Message-ID: <3F7CFC21.8060200@hotmail.com> References: <3f7249b5$0$2944$df066bcf@news.sexzilla.net> <3f77d7c5$0$2942$df066bcf@news.sexzilla.net> <3f7900b0$0$2946$df066bcf@news.sexzilla.net> <5m8lnv403ql5j9ha2e87aqsf854edtv2u6@4ax.com> Reply-To: declan_murphy@hotmail.com NNTP-Posting-Host: i61-195-247-171.us.catvmics.ne.jp (61.195.247.171) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1065155544 13381553 61.195.247.171 (16 [139419]) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0rc2) Gecko/20020510 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:5988 Brett Robson wrote: > The new light armour buss thingy the US army is starting to introduce got IS > total shit. The "armour" could be penetrated by a 50 cal or 12.7mm, a 7.62 mm MG > would probably cause it at least come grief and RPG would turn it into a > fireball. It is armed with a robot 7.62mm gun. Being robotic it probably has > good range, but it's not exactly scary. It has wheels so it has a massive > turning circle. All so it can be lifted by a C-130. Yes - but somewhere along the line a choice is required. It isn't an APC, and won't be used as such, but is just a vehicle that will perform a similar utility role to that of a Humvee or other GP light skinned vehicle. If the choice (and the cash) is available, what country would prefer their troops to be sitting in a Humvee when taking small arms fire instead of a light armour buss thingy? -- "Kick it to the shithouse" - Bob Dwyer, Saturday 2nd November, 1991.