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How many times has the MOD did stupid sh1t like this?
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| Author: | pcernie [ Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | MoD Spent £149m On Tanks Unfit For Combat |
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Minist ... 2605?f=rss How many times has the MOD did stupid sh1t like this?
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| Author: | forquare1 [ Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MoD Spent £149m On Tanks Unfit For Combat |
Seems to me that they gave the soldiers in Iraq what they needed (like the all knowing British public wanted them to), and now rather than giving them the old vehicles, inferior for this new mission in Afghanistan, they have given them new ones... Different mission with a different set of requirements? Different equipment needed then surely? |
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| Author: | rustybucket [ Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:17 am ] | |||||||||
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Well said sir. The Bulldogs were equipped for Iraq and aren't suitable for Afghanistan. Simples. |
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| Author: | paulzolo [ Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MoD Spent £149m On Tanks Unfit For Combat |
There is only one tank needed, and it has to be driven by the right person. 
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| Author: | brataccas [ Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MoD Spent £149m On Tanks Unfit For Combat |
APC's not tanks 
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| Author: | l3v1ck [ Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:19 am ] | |||||||||
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| Author: | LaptopAcidXperience [ Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:37 am ] | |||||||||
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As many times as BAE (or a subsidiary) has handed out bribes, and they'll continue to do so. |
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| Author: | big_D [ Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MoD Spent £149m On Tanks Unfit For Combat |
mmm, Lori Petty  Erm, where was I? Oh yeah, as Forquare said, diffent location, different requirements. The vehicles were uprgaded for their operational environment. You wouldn't use them at the North Pole either, and you wouldn't use the artic tracked vehicles in the desert. It is annoying, that having been upgraded, they aren't currently needed, because of operational changes since the decision to refit them, but it isn't as if upgrading them made them unsuitable for rocky terrain... If the upgrade had made them useless in Iraq as well, then it would have been a cock-up. |
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| Author: | pcernie [ Tue Nov 24, 2009 2:20 am ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: MoD Spent £149m On Tanks Unfit For Combat | |||||||||
It of course helps if you post the original article as intended, instead of rushing things in work when you should be, er, working :http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/p ... 927719.ece
It's the numbers I can't get my head around - 900 of the buggers and over 40 years old  
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| Author: | forquare1 [ Tue Nov 24, 2009 9:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MoD Spent £149m On Tanks Unfit For Combat |
But like that second article says again, they weren't upgraded for Afghanistan, they were upgraded for Iraq... One would presume it was cheaper to upgrade than buy again... |
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| Author: | pcernie [ Tue Nov 24, 2009 10:20 am ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: MoD Spent £149m On Tanks Unfit For Combat | |||||||||
It still doesn't make much sense in terms of numbers though
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