Originally Posted by Tightwad
What p!sses me off about Hummers is that our military uses this
pork barrel piece of ***** to carry our soldiers rather than a proven
& dependable Jeep. Some idiot congressman must've had pen!s
envy when they replaced the good ol' jeep.
It's hard to say how many soldiers have been killed or maimed by
this piece of ***** vehicle. And they sell it to the public to thin the
gene pool
Looks like we might be getting smarter.
http://www.answers.com/topic/buffalo...tected-vehicle
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Here's what it looks like after a mine--
http://www.csir.co.za/plsql/ptl0002/...CLE_NO=7019125
I've been in one of these in South Aftrica. The cool thing is that under the troop carrier, there is a "V" shaped, water filled monohull that directs the force of the blast away from the occupants.
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