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DUTCH
Administrator Doppelgänger
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: US, GA, Atlanta
Vehicle(s): 2015 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI,2018 Sprinter
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| Gwagens Parked in Afghanistan
This was borrowed from the new old forum:
"The CDN minister of Defence announced that they will park most of the armoured G wagens in Afghanistan due to the number and large size of the IED's being used by the Taliban. All combat patrols will be transported in the LAV111's or the south African built Nyala 4X4 which have a V shaped armoured bottom to better deflect the blast of the mines buried under the roads.
The taliban and Al Quaeda have been grouping in large numbers and clashing with CDN and Nato troops in the south as we are securing these areas."
It was posted by a member of our community who has, apparently, not made it over here yet. |
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Kermit
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| Re: Gwagens Parked in Afghanistan
The Nyala is based on a Unimog, so it's still MB. |
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DesertStar
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: San Diego, CA USA
Vehicle(s): 85-280GE/95-G320/08-G500
Posts: 2156
| RE: Gwagens Parked in Afghanistan
...and for those like me that wondered what the heck a Nyala looked like, here is a link.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.sfu.ca/casr/nyala...
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G350DT
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| RE: Gwagens Parked in Afghanistan
Looks like these things work pretty well
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Ed Mclass
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Vehicle(s): 1958 180a, 2010 GLK, 2000 G 500, 2005 SLK 350
Posts: 1215
| RE: Gwagens Parked in Afghanistan
There is a company over in South Carolina that makes the "Buffalo" and "Cougar" vehicles that are made for mine detection. The name of the company is Force Protection. The larger "Buffalo" has a V-shaped hull for deflection of explosives. Production has been ramped up of late on both vehicles. Some great videos on their site. |
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