-Caveat Lector-
Judging by what the nation's "civilian" police forces have taken to using as
part of their Swatification, the most effective armored vehicle for urban
use is some version of the old Armored Personnel Carrier. The Brits used
essentially that in Northern Ireland. Other possibilities would be the
Russian BMP and the vehicle the South Africans created (the name escapes
me). I'm not sure whether the Bradley Fighting Vehicle would do well in an
urban environment, but that's one possibility.
And, yes, the Army Transportation Corps does have its own railcars--also its
own ships.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark McHugh [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, October 17, 1999 2:00 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [CTRL] tanks
>
<snip>
> I saw a B.N. RR. sign. Burlington Northern? I also saw what appears to
> be a US
> Interstate 5 sign in one of the pictures. Does I-5 extend up into Canada?
> Wouldn't they change the signs at the borders? I remember them changing
> at the
> NY-Québec border for I-87.
>
> At this point I wouldn't worry about it. I remember railloading our
> unit's
> tanks and trucks at a railhead on Ft.Polk. We had to ship our vehicles
> and
> conexes to Yermo, California in the Mojave Desert for exercises at
> Ft.Irwin.
> It's when they start offloading tanks at civilian and commercial railheads
> that
> I'd become curious. IMO, I wouldn't expect tanks for civilian
> pacification,
> except for the shock factor. I'm not sure we have what would be a good
> urban
> assault vehicle. Hummers aren't armored enough. I guess we can buy from
> the
> Brits. They know what works in Derry and Belfast.
>
> As an aside, I've always been curious as to why we did our own
> railloading. I
> know how sensitive the railroad unions are about their trains. I wonder
> if the
> Army owned the cars? I just loaded and left.
>
> --
> Mark McHugh
>
>
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