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[email protected] · October 3rd 16, 08:28 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 17:15:03 +0100
wrote:
suggest that even there a polarization of roles has taken place . It
is not thought wise nowadays to send a soft skinned vehicle like a
production Land rover into even a minor skirmish when the opposition
is likely to be firing rounds from a weapon that modern sights

It wasn't thought wise 25 years ago in the first Iraq war. The yanks were
trundling around in start of the art armoured Humvies, our lads had 1950s tech
farmers cars. Sadly the MoD either didn't understand or didn't give a ****.
Probably both.

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