1 posted on
06/09/2008 4:38:32 PM PDT by
SandRat
To: 91B; HiJinx; Spiff; MJY1288; xzins; Calpernia; clintonh8r; TEXOKIE; windchime; freekitty; ...
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2 posted on
06/09/2008 4:38:57 PM PDT by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
To: Clive; girlangler
OOPS,.. forgot to include you in the Afghan PING.
3 posted on
06/09/2008 4:40:22 PM PDT by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
To: SandRat
they have modified Humvee engines that can conquer approach angles of 90 degrees and climb slopes at 80 degrees.Am I reading this right? These things will climb a hill (more commonly known as a cliff) only 10 degrees off vertical? Color me pretty darn skeptical.
4 posted on
06/09/2008 4:41:34 PM PDT by
Sherman Logan
(Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. - A. Lincoln)
To: SandRat
No mention on how they’d handle a road side bomb.
5 posted on
06/09/2008 4:42:36 PM PDT by
airborne
(LETS GO PENS!!! LETS GO PENS!!! LETS GO PENS!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!)
To: SandRat
Well, of course I want one! :D
To: SandRat
So much for the hundred-grand-per-copy Humvee.
7 posted on
06/09/2008 4:46:17 PM PDT by
clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
To: SandRat
Yes, but what kind of mileage do they get?
I always thought it would be cool to update the cavalry concept with a force of soldiers on dirt bikes. Talk about ability to maneuver! It would be hard to shoot and ride, so I'd build in a machine gun that fired from the handlebars with the push of a button, the way the planes do in dogfights. If you think these vehicles can get into difficult terrain, wait til you see a bunch of crazy grunts on dirt bikes.
Plus, it would just be cool to shoot a jihadi, then roost all over him as you drive on to the next target.
12 posted on
06/09/2008 4:57:36 PM PDT by
Defiant
(Leave it to the Dems to nominate someone so bad I may be forced to vote for McCain.)
To: SandRat
The dhimmiecrats will deny funding for these unless they get 35mpg...
17 posted on
06/09/2008 6:36:19 PM PDT by
43north
(I did not leave the Republican Party; the Republican Party left me.)
To: SandRat
“The best place for these vehicles is here in Afghanistan,” Davis said.Sorry, I gotta disagree. The best place for this vehicle is in my garage.
18 posted on
06/09/2008 7:06:11 PM PDT by
upchuck
(Who wins doesn't matter. They're all liberals. Spend your time and money to take back Congress.)
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