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I cannot even tell if it was a truck at one time in history.

No, but I think it would cause the engine to drive the vehicle under water where it could enter the engine air intake and cause the engine to stall. These things have a way of getting stuck.

Before, during, or after the withams trip :-D. Chug it like water while cranking bolts for motivation. No-one can outdrink a US Marine. We have the stoutest livers, the filthiest minds, and the highest morals of any fighting force in the world! (I'm not a drinker..but everyone else in the Corps is).

Might I add..the title of this thread is a little misleading. IN Soviet Russia, BMP runs you!

Seen a few advertisements on milweb for one named Lt. David Horsky of the Czech Reserve forces selling off vehicles and equipment. I've heard some horror stories also. Anyone have experiance with them?

We have an engine throttle lever for use in water but we are instructed under no circumstances to ever, ever, ever even contemplate using it. It's apparently sunk a few vehicles, thus the importance of never using it. Although if we did we could drive the aav from outside the vehicle How much did yours set you back AR? Does the turret have a spot for you to ride on top like the bmp1?

I've always thought of getting Safariswing, Sirhc05, and that other REME dude bladdered up on beer at a pub then dragging them down to the Witham's tender sale to pick out a nice cvrt for me when I go to the UK on business.

AAVs have a bow-tie shaped steering wheel, so you can recline the seat and cop your best "gangsta" look while rolling down the street and still be able to control the vehicle.

They explode just the same when hit by HEDP In my defense, I've never gotten to climb on one and examine it with tender loving care ! (If I was in the UK I would go by Russian truck with a drool cup and stare all day)

Our LMGs are m249 SAWs and belt fed, squad-level support, fully automatic weapons, fed from a 200rd box. It's a fun weapon too, a very large, oversized m16 with enormous magazines

I live out in the country. Nothing of interest ever happens out here, but there's always that one time a serial killer or band of brigands picks your house to plunder. Man, ya'll should come to Texas in the US. We hunt with truck bumpers (at 80 Km/h), spears, dogs, explosives, automatic weapns, suppressors. You'll get nothing but cheers from the farmers for killing them all. We are having a major problem with wild pigs eating and destroying lawns and farms. They're a rather tasty problem. Anything from .17-50 cal is good to go without any government interference or notification..Hoorah for the constitution (Does not apply in certain communist areas).

Ot90 is just a bmp1 with a different turret and gun-14.5mm vs 73mm

I had absolutely no clue what a guy ant was but I thought it was a type and you meant to say "Gay ant"... Learn something new everyday.

It's deactivated? :argh: Destruction of a peice of history.

As much as I have tried, I could never get my AAV above 45 MPH without hitting the red line on the engine and risking blowing the pack. I'll definetly race a CVRT if I ever see one...in the ocean, perhaps

My bad Sirhc05...I thought these were from a different forum. Imitation is...

Got these from SS (I think) Iraqi Scorpions in a graveyard someplace in Iraq (Iraq has many AFV graveyards like this). Appear to be complete, no destruction , possibly just dragged here and left.

The Fn mag 58 is a BAR flipped upside down and adapted for belts, so you can technically say it's an American design SAW draws some of it's design from the Kalashnikov. Look at the bolt group and you will see what I mean. Good weapon that kills.

The m60 had almost a dozen parts that could be installed backwards and not be noticed until the weapon would not fire. Jammed frequently, had problems with the barrel changes (No carry handle on 2nd barrel), poorly designed, fragile feed system... The m60 had a poor acceptance with the USMC, thus begetting the wonderful m240 I have bad knees from boot camp due to the abuse. I'm going to be a cane-using veteran in my older years.

True, we always used open sights until we got the Acogs

AAVs, bradleys, m113.... All have alluminum hulls. M113s and AAVs are rarely used outside the wire because they aren't as well armored against threats like the bradley is. Big IEDs and car bombs still cause losses to brads, despite weighing so much and having a lot of armor. Brads are still used in Iraq..just with lots and lots of passive armor on the side to stop RPGs. The Abrams is very RPG proof and resistant to IEDs, so are the MRAPs with the RPG cage. Heavier+steel+TUSK kit=works. Tusk kit adds 5 tons of 5" thick steel belly armor and more passive armor along the sides. Mraps do well in IEDs because the force of the blast either knocks them over or gets vented away due to the V-shape.

Learned something new! Richard, 105mm? Impressive, for a small vehicle. But larger artillery shells are more commonly used as IED explosives because Muj figured out that the bigger the bomb and the more you could put together in series the better chance you had of killing infidels. They routinely put 4-5 155mm arty shells in the back of a kia and ram Coalition vehicles, or bury them 2 feet deep in a dirt road. I had absolutely no idea about the AL alloy or the resistance (or is it proof to 14.5 at up to 300m or such?) to 14.5mmx114. I guess with the Uparmoring done they will withstand bigger rounds?

Sand is what we use

An ACOG or eotech would work just as well, BDC might be off, but you can still hit stuff with accuracy at distance.

1982 Romanian Guarda (Their equivelant to the TA or National Guard) AKM. Sat around in a Romanian armory until 2003 or so when it was imported to the US and I had it rebuilt by the expert AK-smiths at Missouri Custom Armaments for my 20th Birthday. Wonderful shooter, served as my home defense rifle until I got the glock and m4. Does a nice little number on wild pigs. I have about a dozen magazines for it and a few thousand rounds. It shares ammunition with the SKS, since they are both 7.62x39 weapons. 1944 Springfield m1 Garand, Saw service in the last year or so of World war 2 and also Korea, came back Stateside and was rebarreled in 1953, then surplused out to the Civilian Marksmanship program where I bought it in 2004 for my 18th birthday. I have only put about 90 rounds through it, but it's not a shooter for me. It's a safe queen, to be taken out and admired every now and then as a reminder of the sacrifices previous generations made in the name of freedom, liberty, and democracy. It is #29, from the number stamped into the heel on the buttstock. This was the first gun I ever owned. Chinese SKS-Bought in January 2005 on a whim for 150$. Great shooter. Made in 1967 and I assume was Chinese war reserve stock until it was sent to the US to be sold as surplus. 2nd weapon I bought. Glock 17-bought this in august of 2008 as my primary concealed carry piece. Used it to qualify, and now carry it everyday. Utterly reliable and simple to use..I'm a BIG glock fan. I have a few K of ammo for it. These pistols are known to last well past 150k rounds fired, so I am guessing this weapon will outlast me. Totally field stripped, takes about 5 seconds to do so LMT m4-my 'Obama got elected' rifle that I purchased amidst the rush previous to the election when gun prices soared and ammunition could not be found, and nor could rifles of ANY type. I am already qualified and issued an m4 carbine as part of my MOS (But my heart lies with the m240 ), so I am familiar with the application of it in mout and Urban warfare. It's my favorite weapon and my go-to gun in the event of urban unrest or SHTF. I use it for hunting pigs and deer. Next additions: A compact glck 26 9mm for concealed carry, a Hungarian PKM to mount in the future ferret, a Barret 50 cal m99, and possibly some more AKs and ar-15s.