Half the Army's combat vehicles 'unfit for war'-(GB)

Telegraph ^ | 16/10/2005 | By Sean Rayment, Defence Correspondent

[Flavius]

saxon

[Flavius]

Samaritan

[elli1]

The war in Iraq has rendered hundreds of the Army's combat vehicles unfit for operational service.

I'd never have guessed. Thank goodness for xpertz.

[Piquaboy]

That is a drip under pressure. Is the Telegraph a paper that is believable or is it another New Yourk Slimes?

[Paleo Conservative]

That is a drip under pressure. Is the Telegraph a paper that is believable or is it another New Yourk Slimes?

It's a consevative paper.

[mtbopfuyn]

Garage Sale!

[Condor51]

"Scimitar, Samaritan, Sturgeon, Salamander and Saxon"

No wonder Monty Python was such a hit.

"How's your Scimitar today 1st Sergeant?"
"Bloody awful sir, but my Salamander is fine."
"Excellent! What about the Sturgeon?"
"The Sturgeon"? Oh we had that for dinner."
"No you twit, I mean the vehicle!"
"Well it could use a good Samaritan as it was clobbered by a Saxon.

I swear the Brits must have an official Funny Name Department

[Flavius]

well, i keep hitting various fisheries trying to find a picture of the sturgeon...

no luck..

[elli1]

Sturgeon?

[Flavius]

i think thats Scimitar... but i've only beenp on my GB armor from this morning ... so i have no idea

[elli1]

Came up on Google images but sometimes the pix have the wrong label.

[Beckwith]

Is this guy bitching just to bitch or is he suggesting the Brits spend eleventy billion on new stuff?

[Condor51]

Here's one:

And if you want to catch one, try fishing in Wisconsin.

To my knowledge sturgeon are the only living creature in Wisconsin that outnumber Packer Fans - well, maybe its a tie.

(kidding, slightly)

[Flavius]

they are suppose to be good to eat... and there is the caviar thing...

but they are protected correcT?

[Flavius]

its MSM does not matter which side of the pond they are on...

so bitching i believe is journalism's 101 class

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

They can sell them to Canada:)

[RicocheT]

The Liberal government has starved the UK defense budget for years to fund the socialist state. These armored vehicles could be fixed if there was more money for repairs.

[elli1]

Export-only variants include Scorpion 90, with a 90mm Belgian Cockerill AT gun, and various tweaked and rearmoured variants of Scorpion and Scimitar. A 120mm variant called Sturgeon is also in service with the Fantasian Armed Forces based in Alberta, Canada, as part of the OPFOR in BATUS. The ones in BATUS SALAMANDERS and are old SCORPIONS used in the TES phase in BATUS, just like a big game of lazer quest. Programmed to represent a T80 complete with AT 5 capabillity. Regularly whip the arse of visiting BG. STURGEON is the old SPARTAN MCT also TES ex phase and with capabillities of a BMP 3

Source

Not sure how legit the source is...

[elli1]

We've caught (more like 'snagged') several of those critters--small ones. They're so ugly, they're scarey. Not quite as creepy as catching a water dog, though.