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Thread ID: 126324 2012-08-21 01:14:00 Our humvees in Afghanistan - death traps Digby (677) PC World Chat
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1295823 2012-08-22 03:14:00 These are just excuses to justify the fact that we could not afford to buy them.

Thats probhably the truth. We even had to 'borrow' the humvees.
1101 (13337)
1295824 2012-08-22 03:29:00 Quite right prefect!

Put some Lucas in those Unimogs and they'd be as safe as (non-Chch) houses, except for getting serious demerits for sustained loss of mobility.

Now don't go upsetting Terry.
Cicero (40)
1295825 2012-08-22 04:36:00 Quite right prefect!

Put some Lucas in those Unimogs and they'd be as safe as (non-Chch) houses, except for getting serious demerits for sustained loss of mobility.
Too true, if the Germans had used Lucas parts in WW2 the war would have finished a few years early.
prefect (6291)
1295826 2012-08-22 05:25:00 I remember those Lucas starters.
They only lasted a year!

(It makes you proud to be British)
Digby (677)
1295827 2012-08-22 05:36:00 Careful guys, Lucas sponsors NHRA drag racing in the US www.nhra.com
Morgan "Lucas" won the top fuel event on monday night ESPN.....

Check out www.youtube.com but skip to 1.44 to see some mean tyre shake
Gobe1 (6290)
1295828 2012-08-22 08:16:00 All I have to say on this issue is that if we are to have a military, it is beholden upon us to resource them properly :( (We aren't)
anything else is inexcusable IMO. If this should put me in the curious position of agreeing with Digby then so be it! ;)
KarameaDave (15222)
1295829 2012-08-22 08:25:00 I remember those Lucas starters.
They only lasted a year!

(It makes you proud to be British)

But boy couldn't they make "Spitfire" fighter planes' and off the back foot too. Rolls Royce starters no doubt.

Lurking.
Lurking (218)
1295830 2012-08-22 08:36:00 All I have to say on this issue is that if we are to have a military, it is beholden upon us to resource them properly :( (We aren't)


In that case any and all deaths can be attributed to resources. No matter what happens they could have been in something else.

That fact is, its a warzone, people die, no matter what you dress them up in, that's the nature of the beast.
Metla (12)
1295831 2012-08-22 08:37:00 In response to lurking, Very true, those planes were very superior in some ways to the messerschmitt BF109s. Those Hurricanes weren't bad either. ChazTheGeek (16619)
1295832 2012-08-22 08:43:00 But boy couldn't they make "Spitfire" fighter planes' and off the back foot too. Rolls Royce starters no doubt.

Lurking.
Rotax starters actually
prefect (6291)
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