From: Nigel Hay (Nigel@milweb.net)
Date: Wed May 15 2002 - 10:44:43 PDT
There are normally one or two in the armour ads on www.milweb.net
Nige
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From: "Ryan M Gill" <rmgill@mindspring.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 6:09 PM
Subject: [MV] Humber Pigs...
> At 6:18 AM -0400 5/15/02, Vincent Bloom wrote:
> >I've talked with the guy. His name is Jack Mundy (spelling?).
> >Seemed to know his stuff. The Humber is a very neat/mean looking
> >vehicle.
>
> One can find Humber Pigs with the same turret (very close to same in
> some cases) as you find on the Ferrets and Saracens. Its a one man
> .30 caliber mount for either an FN-Mag or M1919 in 30.06. The Humbers
> have 4 wheel drive with a manual (5 speed I think) transmission and
> the same engine as in the ferret, a Rolls Royce B60 engine. They are
> of course right hand drive. Some have some additional armor (Kremlin
> updates iirc). Military Machines Magazine in the UK has had a pair of
> issues (most recent) about them and the variants. Some were kited out
> with water cannons (aptly named the Squirt Pig).
>
> They are serious looking vehicles but do handle like pigs due to the
> armor. The front barrier ram bumper thingy is of course horrid to
> anything you bump into. It seems to be in some cases the ultimate
> Anti-SUV where as the Ferret is what I call the Anti-Volvo.
>
> There is also a Land Rover (Series III iirc) that is armored in a
> similar manner called the Piglet.
>
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