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Post by Erick on May 9, 2017 16:59:35 GMT -5
Might have some relevance under a future administration...I'll let readers use their imagination
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Post by ulf on May 10, 2017 8:41:41 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing - interesting ideas!
While we can earnestly hope to never have to face armored vehicles - that's not the way to bet! Considering the number of armored vehicles both tracked and wheeled that are in inventory around the country, we'll likely run into some.
These ideas are easily transferable to wheeled vehicles like MRAPs, Strykers and armored Hummers.
Although it's slightly dated, "David's Tool Kit" by Benson is also worth a look.
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Post by Erick on May 10, 2017 22:42:43 GMT -5
Ulf,
yes the versatility of these techniques that lend themselves to threats other than tanks piqued my interest as well ..
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Post by ulf on May 11, 2017 8:33:23 GMT -5
Mines will probably be few and far between and fuel may be in short supply or nonexistent but, there are alternatives.
Tank traps and vehicle barriers around fixed positions will be useful if properly sited and either guarded or at least kept under observation.
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Post by Erick on May 11, 2017 15:13:41 GMT -5
I liked the molotov cocktail and some of the other methods suck as smoke...Both are widely available to us.... Modern (lightly armored wheeled vehicles are probably broadly comparable to early War tracked vehicles in amour protection (though they are likely better in visibility)
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Post by ulf on May 11, 2017 19:03:51 GMT -5
Agreed - the Jerry can with stick grenade had a certain panache!
Smoke and molotovs would work - as would IEDs.
Run flat tires are standard so it will take some effort to make a mobility kill.
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Post by Erick on May 11, 2017 19:15:04 GMT -5
Run flat tires are standard so it will take some effort to make a mobility kill. That's where the Ax comes in  |
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Post by ulf on May 11, 2017 19:59:01 GMT -5
LOL - I like the way you think!😉
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Post by whitebear620 on May 14, 2017 14:48:43 GMT -5
Seeing as more and more NG and Reserve units are getting MRAPs and uparmored HMMWVs, and these vehicles tend to be left in lots with only a cable lock around the steering wheel as security for the vehicle itself, it's not only .Gov that could have armored vehicles. I'll have to watch the vid when I get a moment. Water balloons filled with paint has always been a favorite of mine Edit: I kid you not, my unit had a small fleet of non-armored ambulances and HMMWVs (armored and non armored) literally just sitting in a lot in a downtown area with the perimeter security being a lone chain-link fence around it, no guards or anything..... |
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Post by panzer0170 on May 14, 2017 16:06:27 GMT -5
There are plenty of stories of British squaddies in Germany (in the UK too... but mostly Germany...) Coming in off the piss and just 'borrowing' armoured vehicles because.... why not?
I remember it being in the forces paper once about a lad who stole one, crashed it outside the gates, and stole a second that he ploughed into the back of the first.
Safe to say he was in the shit the next morning...
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Post by whitebear620 on May 15, 2017 15:31:49 GMT -5
There are plenty of stories of British squaddies in Germany (in the UK too... but mostly Germany...) Coming in off the piss and just 'borrowing' armoured vehicles because.... why not? I remember it being in the forces paper once about a lad who stole one, crashed it outside the gates, and stole a second that he ploughed into the back of the first. Safe to say he was in the shit the next morning... I'm sure there's still a few towns that remember when my dad's unit was in Germany during the Cold War. Small German village roads and armored vehicles don't mix well.... |
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