The Brits have a new not-so-secret weapon ... something of a cross between "The Rat Patrol" and "Mad Max" (Part II).
Trouble is, it's long on offense and very shy on armor.
With a crew of "3 to 4", presumably depending on whether the optional "grenade machine gun" is mounted along with the two 30-cal machine gun (one in a turret-ring) and the rear-facing .50 cal MG, that's four gunners and a driver for ... five crew?
Painted an attractive Caterpillar Yellow, this high-speed vehicle lacks only fork lift prongs and, regrettably, armor plating to defend the crew against those pesky IEDs.
Obviously, this is destined for deployment only for Afghanistan. It would never work in the IED-infested Iraqi theater.
If the American forces tried to field a vehicle like this, they would be laughed (or blasted) Out Of Country in a week.
The best thing the Brits could do is reserve this boondoggle-machine for perimeter security, behind a ten-foot cyclone fence.
Well behind the fence. Say, in the machine shop?
Hard to tell what the Brits were thinking of when they decided to field this anachronism. The African Theater in WWII, perhaps?
No comments:
Post a Comment