ArtistsRifles Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Here's one to make Lee smile: http://dvice.com/archives/2008/08/german_family_b.php German family uses armored car for the grocery run The next time some obnoxious jerk in a Hummer or Escalade cuts you off as if they owned the road, perhaps you should consider the move taken by Joachim Schoeneich of Neu Anspach Germany. He has decided that a British Army surplus Fox FV721 makes the perfect family grocery getter, and has even fitted a kiddie seat so two year old son Paul can come along for the ride. While most reports are incorrectly calling it a tank, the Fox is really an armored reconnaissance vehicle, with huge tires rather than the tracks of an actual tank. The overall size is not too unreasonable either, being narrower than a Hummer H1, and shorter than a regular Chrysler 300 sedan. Shoeneich says it's tricky to maneuver, especially with it's non functioning gun sticking out and lousy outward visibility. Still, I suppose nobody's going to argue with you over that last parking spot. Perhaps Schoeneich should also consider some alternate wheels for once he gets inside the store Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Lol, great story! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elsdon Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 No use at all, you can get far more family and shopping in a Humber Pig! Should start a gallery thread, My MV at the local supermarket, obviously proof of shopping would be needed to qualify! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
79x100 Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Good to see a military vehicle with class in the American zone ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARTIN CROSS Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Hi Our DUKW took 6 spaces in Tescos! Two and one half tons of Kitty Chunks please! M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 I think all other HMV's would loose to the superior capacity of a Hippo for hauling food and family maybe a HEMMETT with a communictions body would be equal ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 But why is the night-sight aperture open? I don't believe Fox ever had retro-fitted a night-sight suitable for daytime use prior to its withdrawal from service. If that sight were switched on, the aperture would instantly black it out anyway to stop it burning out. (At the Light Dragoons Association weekend last month I got the full tour of the new night-sight to go into a tranche of Scimitars currently being purpose-rebuilt for use in Afghanistan. The picture clarity was astonishing, a world away from the first-generation image-intensifying night-sights we used on Scorpions in the 1970s. It was so good that the sergeant showing me round reckons gunners will use the night-sight by day in preference to the normal optical gunner's sight. It zoomed in close enough to easily identify the ASM's REME cap-badge and the built-in eye-friendly laser-rangefinder told me he was exactly 50m away without the ASM falling to the ground screaming, "AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! I'm blind!" What did disappoint me was a regular Royal Armoured Corps senior NCO so badly over-estimating his range at 75-100m before lasing. They let anybody in now. Don't they teach them anything?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chambers101 Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Takin rubbish to the tip. Also removing house stuff like baths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted August 7, 2008 Author Share Posted August 7, 2008 Could have a problem doing that - the Stalwart is roughly twice the height of the fixed height barriers at our local disposal site..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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