DRZinn
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Nope, they have a 20mm cannon too.
Yuma sheriff gets armored car to patrol border
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DocZinn:
Thats the turreted version, apples to oranges since it cant carry troops. Now if you want to talk main guns, we can bring up the Stryker MGS with its 105mm tank cannon (off the old M1 Abrams before they upgraded to 120mm), .50cal and 7.62.
Kharn
Thats the turreted version, apples to oranges since it cant carry troops. Now if you want to talk main guns, we can bring up the Stryker MGS with its 105mm tank cannon (off the old M1 Abrams before they upgraded to 120mm), .50cal and 7.62.
Kharn
erikm
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6 wheeled, british and secondhand? I wonder if someone laid their hands on a surplus Saracen and decided it might make a cool police APC (or rolling oven).
If someone takes one trundling around Arizona, I hope for his sake that he installs an extra air conditioning unit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvis_Saracen_APC
http://www.clash-of-steel.co.uk/gallery/pages/view_entry.php?image_number=121
Note that its main use has been urban, it saw lots of use in northern Ireland.
Cheers,
ErikM
If someone takes one trundling around Arizona, I hope for his sake that he installs an extra air conditioning unit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvis_Saracen_APC
http://www.clash-of-steel.co.uk/gallery/pages/view_entry.php?image_number=121
Note that its main use has been urban, it saw lots of use in northern Ireland.
Cheers,
ErikM
The LAV III forms the basis of the US Army's Interim Armoured Vehicle (IAV) program and has been named the Stryker.
As one can see from the link I posted previously, the LAV III has a combat weight of 18 tons. It holds 3 crew and 8 troops.
The IAV have a combat weight of only one ton more than the LAV III...and the LAV III has primary armament of a 25mm cannon.
John
As one can see from the link I posted previously, the LAV III has a combat weight of 18 tons. It holds 3 crew and 8 troops.
The IAV have a combat weight of only one ton more than the LAV III...and the LAV III has primary armament of a 25mm cannon.
John
JShirley:
The LAV-III was the ancestor of the Stryker, correct. But the vehicle labeled "LAV" in the US military is the version used by the USMC, the smaller and lighter LAV-I. Nobody in the Army calls the Stryker a LAV-III, only General Dynamics does that while trying to market their goodies to non-American markets.
Kharn
The LAV-III was the ancestor of the Stryker, correct. But the vehicle labeled "LAV" in the US military is the version used by the USMC, the smaller and lighter LAV-I. Nobody in the Army calls the Stryker a LAV-III, only General Dynamics does that while trying to market their goodies to non-American markets.
Kharn
DRZinn
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Check this out: That's the only version I'm even a little familiar with, but it has a 25mm cannon (I said 20) and carries 6 Marines besides the crew.
Erikm has it right. At about 8 tons, 6x6 and Ex British, it'd have to be a Saracen APC. They're inexpensive for their size and still able to take some punishment. I have the smaller cousin, the Daimler Ferret. Still quite capabable.
As for ballistic protection, it'll depend on the Mark, the Mark 6's had 7.62mm AP protection from the sides (all around) and were the final form of vehicle used to deal with the IRA in Northern Ireland.
No doubt, unless the knuckle-heads crossing the border are toting around RPGs or an M2 50, they're going to be dealing with more than they can handle. The Saracen will take a 7.62mm MG in the turret and one more on the rear skate ring. 8 Dismounts will help too.
The Saracen's debut was in Malaysia during the communist insurrection down there that the British won.
As for ballistic protection, it'll depend on the Mark, the Mark 6's had 7.62mm AP protection from the sides (all around) and were the final form of vehicle used to deal with the IRA in Northern Ireland.
No doubt, unless the knuckle-heads crossing the border are toting around RPGs or an M2 50, they're going to be dealing with more than they can handle. The Saracen will take a 7.62mm MG in the turret and one more on the rear skate ring. 8 Dismounts will help too.
The Saracen's debut was in Malaysia during the communist insurrection down there that the British won.
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