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Posted: 9/2/2009 1:04:37 PM EDT
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I've ridden in a Cougar before. She was quite spacious actually.
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Posted: 9/2/2009 1:05:01 PM EDT
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Yep, me too. I love those vehicles.
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Posted: 9/2/2009 1:08:40 PM EDT
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I always liked this one but BAE lost out to Oshkosh.
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Posted: 9/2/2009 1:09:28 PM EDT
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Friend was an engineer on one of the prototypes. Cluster doesn't begin describe that project. Pentagon was in an all out panic to get these fielded. Nobody could move fast enough. Problem was DOD kept changing the specs and adding more and more stuff to the vehicle. Try as hard as he could my friend couldn't figure out how to cram ten pounds of stuff in a five pound sack. South Africans had this figured out thirty years ago. But being Americans we had to prove to the world that we knew better. Once again we tried to reinvent the wheel. Yep. I've always wanted one of these: http://www.scalemodeler.co.za/images/Buffel/bufcomp.JPG The sides of the armored "bathtub" fold down so that infantry can disembark the vehicle. http://www.geocities.com/sa_bushwar2/bufrond12.jpg And what happens when a grenade is tossed over the sides? Nothing good, I'm sure. Though to be fair the SADF seemed to place more value on having eyes on the area surrounding the vehicle than on covered roofs or low profiles - the Ratel and Casspir are similarly designed. Keep in mind that the Buffel was one of the first MPV's built, and the first one to be mass produced. ETA: Another reason for the open top is that the studies taken by the Rhodesian Army found that a significant portion of the casualties in landmine incidents came from passengers being thrown against the metal roof of their vehicles. |
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Posted: 9/2/2009 1:11:09 PM EDT
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Well. once we're out of Iraq, maybe they'll start handing them out to the police and you'll get a close look at of in your driveway sometime.
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Posted: 9/2/2009 1:12:09 PM EDT
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The RG-31, while cramped, is my favorite. Primarily because I have seen them take blasts dead center underneath that would have killed everyone in a M1114 without even compromising the hull. That said the ones with a top hatch for the driver and TC are better, without those they are teh suck to get in and out of.
I was working on these things before the term MRAP was even coined. Buffalos serial #12,13,18 and 19 were my babies. No manuals, no real parts supply, we just got them and went. Keeping them going was my full time employment and required much injenuity, fabricating, and use to the government credit card and DHL. |
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Posted: 9/2/2009 1:31:42 PM EDT
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I could care less about the ride in an MRAP. I've also seen them take one hell of a blast. I've also seen the hull compromised but only with injuries to it's occupants...by an explosion that would destroy a tank. I won't go into detail on size but lets just say it was loud as hell at over a mile away. They have saved more lives than our ITOV's and ACH's have since deploying.
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Posted: 9/2/2009 1:32:58 PM EDT
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The RG-31, while cramped, is my favorite. Primarily because I have seen them take blasts dead center underneath that would have killed everyone in a M1114 without even compromising the hull. That said the ones with a top hatch for the driver and TC are better, without those they are teh suck to get in and out of. I was working on these things before the term MRAP was even coined. Buffalos serial #12,13,18 and 19 were my babies. No manuals, no real parts supply, we just got them and went. Keeping them going was my full time employment and required much injenuity, fabricating, and use to the government credit card and DHL. Sorry, not trying to be a dick...but I find that hilarious.
RG-31 is the South African design, correct? |
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Posted: 9/2/2009 1:57:53 PM EDT
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I liked my MTVR better. The Cougar's dont have room for your feet when your driving.
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Posted: 9/2/2009 2:26:46 PM EDT
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SNIP...
Correction: MTVR goes ALMOST anywhere. 
That is not an MTVR. That is a 7 ton self propelled mobile bridging unit and those amphibious Devil Dogs are not Motor T bubbas who can't drive they are Waterborne Combat Engineers and accomplished bridge builders. 
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Posted: 9/2/2009 3:13:59 PM EDT
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I'd just like to point out that an MRAP saved the lives of the guys who where in this one...
Note: This was hit by an IED with quite a bit of force behind it. It knocked the engine 100 yards away, and the guys inside made it out with only minor injuries. |
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Posted: 9/2/2009 3:27:07 PM EDT
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I'd just like to point out that an MRAP saved the lives of the guys who where in this one... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/echosofbliss/MRAP/MRAP1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/echosofbliss/MRAP/MRAP2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/echosofbliss/MRAP/MRAP3.jpg Note: This was hit by an IED with quite a bit of force behind it. It knocked the engine 100 yards away, and the guys inside made it out with only minor injuries. Talk about an "oh shit" moment. And before anyone asks...that's transmission fluid. |
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Posted: 9/2/2009 3:42:23 PM EDT
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The RG-31, while cramped, is my favorite. Primarily because I have seen them take blasts dead center underneath that would have killed everyone in a M1114 without even compromising the hull. That said the ones with a top hatch for the driver and TC are better, without those they are teh suck to get in and out of. I was working on these things before the term MRAP was even coined. Buffalos serial #12,13,18 and 19 were my babies. No manuals, no real parts supply, we just got them and went. Keeping them going was my full time employment and required much injenuity, fabricating, and use to the government credit card and DHL. Sorry, not trying to be a dick...but I find that hilarious.
RG-31 is the South African design, correct? Yeah, thats what I get for posting from my iphone 
Yeah, in fact the RG's we had were ones made in South Africa in the 90's. The RG-31's, Huskys and Meerkats we used were ones the DOD purchased in the 90's and placed into storage in Sierra Army Depot just in case the need for an anti-mine/anti IED capability came up. |
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Posted: 9/2/2009 4:14:21 PM EDT
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These pics are cool and all, but where is the video of someone ghost-riding them??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXl3Pdxrn-k |
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Posted: 10/9/2009 6:24:36 AM EDT
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Quoted: Ah I didn't realize they built them. There are several different manufacturers of the MRAP variants. They're not all the same. The MATV is an Oshkosh vehicle, the others aren't made by Oshkosh. |
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Posted: 10/9/2009 6:32:41 AM EDT
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Ok, the ride may suck but paint it candy-apple red and cruise into the soccer game and just stare down the douchebag yuppies in their H3's. "What's that sound? It's the sound of penis shrinkage, motherfucker..."
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Posted: 10/9/2009 7:03:00 AM EDT
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