Your tax dollars at work. Here's a pic of my buddy Dave, former 10th Grouper, with a pic from his last deployment in Afghanistan. They called it the "Tactical Prius". Bullet proof, gunports, etc, etc.
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I guess if your medium speed with a little drag... you just get the Prius....
Hi,
Modified Nissan Patrol??
I looked at importing one from Algeria but pesky emissions requirements.
Sincerely,
Theis
Modified Nissan Patrol??
I looked at importing one from Algeria but pesky emissions requirements.
Sincerely,
Theis
We got a bunch of armored Land Cruisers of varying generations around my compound. I love the older, boxy ones. Cool vehicles.
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Good thing it's armored, cause he sure as hell doesn't look like he'll be running anywhere.
We all get old. This man is an outstanding soldier. He's been there, done that and got the T-Shirt. Most Special Forces soldiers don't live long enough to get old. If they do, the saying "It's the mileage, not the age" becomes something you live with every day. If you make it through SF and come out alive, it is very hard to stay fit. If your knees are shot, arthritis racks your body, and you're missing body parts, every day is a challenge. They don't give those Purple Hearts out that he's wearing for free.
Right before Operation Red Wings...they made a movie about it..."Lone Survivor"
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So funny story...I got a ride from some Brits driving those in Herat one time after a major miss communication and I was dropped off by the spanish at the NATO airfield instead of the American base 2 miles down the road...
Nobody would speak a word of english to me as they were mostly italians and spaniards and I was doing my best to speak new world spanish which I think just really pissed the spaniards off even more...a really filthy hasn't showered in 2 months american GI speaking terrible peasant spanish was just too much.
After about 20 minutes trying to figure out wtf the Americans are and wtf I was I started to get really frystrated. This shady looking guy all bearded out in a non issued uniform with no insignia no nothing comes over and is like Oi! Yank you need a ride? We are heading over to the American base in a bit if you wanna tag along.
I was enroute to the nearest dentist and was being routine medivacd out of my ao from the south for a tooth that I broke driving for cover a few days before and was in straight agony over it so I was like screw it yes give me a ride if it gets me to the dentist that much faster.
We pulled up in front of my brigade HQ all freaking secret squirrel and shit and and here I pop out, thanks for the lift guys. All the Americans privates were like wtf is this guy riding with the SAS lol. Apparently my battalion had dropped the ball on letting brigade know I was coming and to have a ride ready at the NATO airfield.
The tooth repair was a whole other fiasco for another time lol
I wasn't trying to offend, just a sarcastic comment in jest.
He is a hell of a good man, I know I'd be retired if I was that beat up.
Never in the US...they'll be left behind and given to the Afghans as part of miliary aid.
post your resume then you can talk shit.
and when your resume looks half as good as his, you dont run. shit runs from YOU.
Is that an EV charging port on the rear fender?
Yes, "Tactical Prius".
Yep the mileage takes it’s toll- bad knee check; Divorce- check dead brothers- check. Broken fingers toes and things that ache when it’s cold- check. Won’t take anymore shit from retards- so self employed-check. Tell the kids not to join cause they will have to do bad shit for evil men and get spit out when used up- check.
Fuel and batteries. What could go wrong?
For a vehicle like this EV makes sense.
Probably doesnt do long trips, no fuel to fuel a fire, electric motors give 100 percent torque to get that heavy beast rolling.
EVs were common in the 1910s/20s when IC wasnt up to the task. Worked great as inner city delivery vehicles.
What goes around comes around.
Probably doesnt do long trips, no fuel to fuel a fire, electric motors give 100 percent torque to get that heavy beast rolling.
EVs were common in the 1910s/20s when IC wasnt up to the task. Worked great as inner city delivery vehicles.
What goes around comes around.
Lol. I speak Castilian Spanish, and worked with the Legionnarios. I can imagine their reaction to Latin American Spanish being spoken to them. Lol. Hell, I can barely understand some of the local immigrants here in SoCal, and my gardener jokes that my Spanish is better than his, and he grew up speaking it!
What is the air snorkel for if there is no fuel?
They're calling it the "Tactical Prius" for fun. Some are referring to it as an EV, but technically a Prius is a hybrid, right? Just speculating...
Buffwinter calls it a Prius so this one is dual fuel....but....."for a vehicle like this" going all electric would make sense.
Lying ass John Kerry wants to claim he drove a Tesla from MA to DC for Hidens inauguration and that might be true if he "pony expressed" his cars at each Tesla dealer he passed or he started days in advance and stopped to charge at the end of the batteries range........of course not all of us are as privledged as JF Kerry....trying to register our yachts in states with no tax or able to just get a job in coding when he decides he doesnt like what we presently do.
Im assuming this pig doesnt do but inner city driving where 100 percent EV would work.
EV has its benefits and place......asking us all to buy Teslas, cost aside, is not beneficial or the right place.
Hey, if it were 100% EV, then they could call it the "Tactical Tesla," which sounds way more cool.
My buddy calls it a "Tactical Prius" and it is after my time so I don't know anything about it. Judging from the pic, and I haven't asked him about it, he might have retired and been working for DOD at the time. I don't know which agency these belong to, but I suspect a lettered DOD agency as opposed to military service. Why a hybrid? It's green so maybe political pork. You write a statement of requirements and make it so narrow it becomes basically a single bidder item. I suspect some DOD political hack said "make it green" and you can have as many as you want.
Probably DoS...
Every MV the USG buys now has been mandated by Hiden to be EV, supposedly Peelosi bought stock in Tesla just before the mandate.
That's "partially false" according to the fact checkers. Pelosi didn't buy the stock...her husband did. (eyeroll)
You can't make this shit up (what the fact checkers spin as "facts")....
That HUMVEE reminds of the SF Humvee that one of the Teams we supported for maintenance had. It was stripped of all Kevlar shell, Had a 5.56 minigun in the turret, M2 on a tripod in the truck bed, with a helicopter swing mount with a SAW on it mounted so it was available for the Co-Driver. The Driver had a pistol, and a very Stubby M-4. My Mechanics nicknamed it Mad Max. When ever I would get a call from them to scrounge something at one of the other bases, I would get "Mad Max needs X." We always put the SF teams to the front of the line for services. I told their CSM, if you need something let me know, if we got it, its yours. If not give me some time to see who does have it.
Hey even the honored Dan Rather gets a "False.......but accurate" every now and than.
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