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| Subject: | Re: Hotspur and Simba | |
| Date: | May 30, 2001 |
| From: | Martin | |
no, we do still have some old disel LR's left.The RUC vehicles are diesel .
we also still have some petrol Armoured vehicles, the CVRT's. Some are now
being dieselised.
"John Harris" wrote in message
news:3b15c8d3@cr243322-a....
> Martin,
>
> Not sure about RUC vehicles, but the British Army's LRs are all diesel
> nowdays. The latest "Wolf" has a 2.5 turbocharged diesel.
>
> JH
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> "Martin" wrote in message
> news:3b148606@cr243322-a....
> > the Armoured Land Rover, or APV, that the Army use is a defender, i
> believe,
> > with a V8 engine, and as for weight, about 4 tons.the armour is spaced
> with
> > a similar interiror to Armured vehicles.I now of one that was hit by a
> PRIG.
> > It just misseb the precussion cap, and the rocket glanced up the side
> taking
> > off a large strip of paint.You may be right adout the kevlar, but it is
> not
> > as thick as the armys, but much lighter.
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 | Hotspur and Simba - Arthur KRull - May 28, 2001 |
| . . . Re: Hotspur and Simba - Martin - May 28, 2001 |
| . . . . . . Re: Hotspur and Simba - John Harris - May 28, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Hotspur and Simba - Martin - May 28, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Hotspur and Simba - John Harris - May 29, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Hotspur and Simba - Martin - May 29, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Hotspur and Simba - John Harris - May 30, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Hotspur and Simba - Martin - May 30, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Hotspur and Simba - shooty@alehouse.zzn.com - Jun 1, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Hotspur and Simba - Martin - Jun 1, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Hotspur and Simba - shooty@alehouse.zzn.com - Jun 4, 2001 |
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