From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Mon Jan 20 2003 - 10:40:14 PST
At 3:36 AM -0500 1/20/03, Steve Grammont wrote:
>A HMG 42 could take out a Dingo without too much difficulty. Of course,
>for the same amount of expended ammo a Jeep would have looked like swiss
>cheese! However, the Dingo looks so much cooler than Jeep IMHO, so it
>has that going for it.
You sure about that? The 1" Armor plate is on the front, so the most
likely aspect angle is that. Tires are either run flats or near
solids so you're going to have to spend some time putting rounds on
it and that Bren gunner could be firing back.
> >And the Humber isn't much different than the M5 in terms of armament.
>>It's a hair faster on road though....
>
>All the better to run away with
>
>>and the Ferret....well...you've got to have something to annoy the
> >Irish with...
>
>And annoy guys trying to change the oil too :-)
Yes, but they sooo impress the cops around here. And the people at
Home Depot and the hardware store....It takes me for ever to get
anything done when I've got the ferret out in an errand....
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