New armoured cars unveiled...

[realityhack]

...and they're open topped.

Marvellous. Bought in from US-based Navistar Defence, these - no doubt - highly reliable vehicles will ! offer maximum protection from roadside bombs, RPGs and snipers.

Or am I missing something here? Cue slatings from the 3 people who actually know what they're talking about and the armchair soldiers who've read the SAS Survival Handbook on the bog.

[Mich the Tester]

...and they're open topped.

Marvellous. Bought in from US-based Navistar Defence, these - no doubt - highly reliable vehicles will ! offer maximum protection from roadside bombs, RPGs and snipers.

Or am I missing something here? Cue slatings from the 3 people who actually know what they're talking about and the armchair soldiers who've read the SAS Survival Handbook on the bog.

One guy with a primitive bow and arrow could kill the driver and they're f**ked.

[swamp]

One guy with a primitive bow and arrow could kill the driver and they're f**ked.

A Roman century could take them out with slingshot!

[Moscow Mule]

Not all of them are;

http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/fig...les/13867.aspx

http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/fig...les/13865.aspx

[Mich the Tester]

Not all of them are;

http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/fig...les/13867.aspx

That looks like camouflage netting to me.

[Moscow Mule]

That looks like camouflage netting to me.

That's the clever fabric anti-rpg thingie.

If I had to be there, I'd want to be in one of these:

http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/fig...cles/1487.aspx


Well, actually one of these:

http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/operatio...45-destroyers/

But I don't think they can operate in Helmand.

[Mich the Tester]

That's the clever fabric anti-rpg thingie.

If I had to be there, I'd want to be in one of these:

http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/fig...cles/1487.aspx


Well, actually one of these:

http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/operatio...45-destroyers/

But I don't think they can operate in Helmand.

Save your money, sod off somewhere else and sit on one of these.

[Moscow Mule]

Save your money, sod off somewhere else and sit on one of these.

Indeed. About 10000 times more preferable than being shot at.

[Churchill]

Dear Father Christmas,

Please send me a pinkie for Xmas, I've been a good boy all year(ish).

Yours sincerely,

Churchill

[BrilloPad]

...and they're open topped.

Marvellous. Bought in from US-based Navistar Defence, these - no doubt - highly reliable vehicles will ! offer maximum protection from roadside bombs, RPGs and snipers.

Or am I missing something here? Cue slatings from the 3 people who actually know what they're talking about and the armchair soldiers who've read the SAS Survival Handbook on the bog.

They just flick a switch and a cover will go over the top.

HTH