Monday, November 07, 2011
Team Havoc! Lockheed-Patria 8x8 Product Card.
I'm not a fan of this concept but to be honest the more I look at this offering the more I like it. If a vehicle can ever be called pure dee bad ass then I think this one does. I luv this 8x8! Plus its open ocean amphibious!
MFC Havoc Product Card
MFC Havoc Product Card
Marines strengthen amphibious capabilities during Exercise Dawn Blitz
From PIGs to HOGs the Scout Sniper way
Pic of the day. Nov. 7, 2011.
Scimitar Mk2 in Afghanistan.
Jonathan sent me this article about 3 British soldiers surviving an IED attack in Scimitar Mk2. Thanks Jonathan...but to be honest I didn't know what a "Scimitar" was...low and behold its a recce vehicle thats been in service forever plus one day. Read the article here but the good part...
The members of 1st Battalion, The Queen’s Dragoon Guards were unhurt because their new 35-ton Scimitar Mk2 combat vehicle has been specially designed to absorb IED blasts.Interesting. I thought for sure this vehicle was south of 20 tons but at 35 tons its an absolute beast! Its practically in Bradley and Puma territory size wise.
The Welsh Cavalry trio were on patrol in Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand, when they were hit by the explosion last week.
Vehicle commander Lieutenant Peter Gordon-Finlayson said the massive blast stunned the crew for a few moments before they realised they had survived.
Scimitars, deployed in Afghanistan only two months ago, are part of the British Army’s new CVRT – Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance Tracked fleet – which have had improved plates of armour attached to protect crew against blasts.
Lt Gordon-Finlayson 26, from Marlborough, Wiltshire, said: “It felt like a car crash, and it took me a few moments to take it all in. But the training soon kicked in for all of us."
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