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Old 05-13-2008, 23:13 PM   #61 (permalink)
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Um, what vehicle isn't vulnerable to an IED??
The M-113 .
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Old 05-13-2008, 23:27 PM   #62 (permalink)
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And your second statement was exactly what the Bradley was designed for: Crew survivability at the expense of the vehicle.
While having the vehicle survive is nice, having soldiers walk away from a catastrophic vehicle kill is the sign of a good vehicle.
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Old 05-13-2008, 23:27 PM   #63 (permalink)
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While having the vehicle survive is nice, having soldiers walk away from a catastrophic vehicle kill is the sign of a good vehicle.
Exactly.

Speaking of which....

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The M-113 .
Ah, just for your information, that's spelled "G-a-v-i-n"
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Old 05-13-2008, 23:28 PM   #64 (permalink)
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The M-113 .
Not just any M-113, but the Gavin! All hail (and lay prostrate in front of the airborne mech dream )!
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Exactly.

Speaking of which....



Ah, just for your information, that's spelled "G-a-v-i-n"
Dang, beat me to it by a minute!
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Old 05-14-2008, 00:39 AM   #66 (permalink)
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Not just any M-113, but the Gavin! All hail (and lay prostrate in front of the airborne mech dream )!
We lay on our backs you heretic so the full thirty man squad can dismount from each Gav1n. Stacked up and ready to dismount from the gavinmothership.

Squad level 120mm recoilless rifles, platoon level 160mm knee mortars, company level 240mm mortars, battalion level 203mm howitzers, IED proof (not one has ever been lost to enemy action), air droppable, think skin, able to swim the English channel on one tank of fuel - can a Strykerdeathtrapbsuslessasspieceofcrapx2 compare to the GBCT?

The Delta Farce light infantry/strykerbstruck ego manic idiot didn't get get it, which is why he had to be banned. We need 3d maneuver like only the tracked and thick skinned Gav1n can provide not some trendy and avant guard Franco-Canadian wheeled VAB/LAV-bs trucks with their air filled tires.
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Old 05-14-2008, 12:50 PM   #67 (permalink)
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Gavinness
Here's your ultimate link to mechanized nirvana-

The M113 GAVIN and It's Legend

Bow to the Green Dragon.
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Old 05-14-2008, 19:45 PM   #68 (permalink)
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I have now read through most of this site..including other articles...is this guy serious or some kind of military colbert?
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Old 05-14-2008, 20:43 PM   #69 (permalink)
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I have now read through most of this site..including other articles...is this guy serious or some kind of military colbert?
Basically...except that Colbert is a character and Sparky is for real...in his own reality that is.

Although, he does have alter-egos, like "Sam Damon Jr".

Check out his Amazon.com reviews and see if you can find a few that don't have the word "Gavin" in them.

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Basically...except that Colbert is a character and Sparky is for real...in his own reality that is.

Although, he does have alter-egos, like "Sam Damon Jr".

Check out his Amazon.com reviews and see if you can find a few that don't have the word "Gavin" in them.

Amazon.com: Profile for Sam Damon Jr.
Wow, I just thought he was a little too passionate, not a nutjob! OMG!
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Wow, I just thought he was a little too passionate, not a nutjob! OMG!
Heh, for a brief moment I thought that I was mistaken about the identity of Mr. Damon.

Nope. Waaaay too much Gavin-worship (That and the link to combatreform of course )
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Wow that guys good almost made me go out and buy a m113, though I did always like the turkish IFV with 20mm seems very simple and to the point.
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Wow that guys good almost made me go out and buy a m113,
That's pronounced "GAVIN"

You'll be quizzed on this later.
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Old 05-15-2008, 23:30 PM   #74 (permalink)
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That reminds me I own On To Berlin need to read it!
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Old 05-16-2008, 06:35 AM   #75 (permalink)
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Didn't know Bradley can swim.

Tactical question: How do you control your dismounts divided into nine men squads, when the IFV holds seven?
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