In a message dated 2/15/2013 8:35:24 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
comman...@combatships.com writes:
Now as to why French women don't shave their legs or armpits I have no
answer.Doug
good thing i ate all ready..
Chris
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This is slightly off topic but do you know why the British drive on the
left side of the road?That's long enough!
Most British are right handed and years ago before all our American cars
were there they road horses. ( I hear that they were mostly American horses
) W
You and I are going to fall out if you don't wind you neck in.
At no point have I expressed any opinion on the superiority or otherwise of
any vehicle manufactured in the UK, US or Japan.
I merely pointed out that Ford vehicles built for the UK market (often
built in the UK) are different to th
"Speaking personally, I like my cars small, light and not turbo-charged."
I admit, so do I. Unfortunately, from time to time I have to haul
a particular piece of R/C combat gear (and a load of batteries) around
to out of the way Xmas tree farms and such to womp ass on other
like vehicles. Thi
"There used to be a HUGE difference between a Ford sold (and possibly
built) in the UK and one built in the US"
I'll agree on this one. Back in my Navy days I remember admiring a Euro
Escort during a bar crawl in Malorca. It was one sharp looking vehicle,
totally different from the US version
So, you would have us believe that the "UK" Ford Escort is superior to
the "US" Ford Escort because "UK" automotive workers do a better job
building Ford Escorts than "US" automotive workers (the only real
difference between the two cars). If that's the case, then why can't
the same superior "
Fair enough - and I'll be the last to defend the former British Motor
Industry - but if you don't build the cars the Japanese want to own then
you ain't gonna sell 'em any no matter what the trade barriers.
Speaking personally, I like my cars small, light and not turbo-charged. I
can put up wit
There used to be a HUGE difference between a Ford sold (and possibly built)
in the UK and one built in the US. Even if the name was the same (Escort,
for example) the car was different. Often TOTALLY different. I doubt any
US built Ford has ever been officially sold in the UK. You see the
occa
H ... I think the facts say otherwise, Peter. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DeLarge/Top_10_best_selling_cars_in_Britain
for the top 10 best selling cars in Britain. Two "Ford" models topped
the list for 2011 (the most recent year listed) and if I recall
properly, Ford is a US ca
Having owned a V12 Jaguar XJS convertible, I can rightly say that the UK
builds junk also. All countries build junk, especially in the old days.
As far as under-sprung, under-damped, no cornering, etc. What
Europeans typically fail to grasp is that Americans spend a whole lot more
time in th
"We can't build and sell a car in Japan but the reverse is true"
Steve, if you think that American Cars don't sell in Japan because of
restrictive trade practices then you're mad. They don't sell for the same
reasons that they don't sell in the UK.
(1) They aren't the kind of cars that sell wel
"i am so sick and tired of everything i see in the stores saying "Made in
China""
Blame that on the US's totally insane trade laws and a government run by
the highest payer We can't build and sell a car in Japan but the reverse
is true. Why is that? The Japanese understand that they need to
In a message dated 2/11/2013 9:48:07 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
tan...@gmail.com writes:
The Berry laws govern where stuff has to be produced for the military.
Most items have to be produced in the US. If they weren't, would we be able
to get our uniforms and boots from China when we
I would whole heartily agree with you Steve, but there may be a
plausible explanation The only explanation I can see to doing this was
that the company within Israel wasn't willing to license the tech to be
produced in the states. The Berry laws govern where stuff has to be
produced for the mili
"RPGs are nasty these days which is why all the new vehicles are coming
with the slat armor kits to pre-detonate them. Leave it to Israel to come
up with that."
Something else Israel came up with is an active defense system
for armored vehicles called Trophy back in 2007. Trophy was tested by
The RPG may be WWII tech, but the newer warheads can (and have) taken out
even the Abrams tank. There was an incident in Iraq where an RPG hit an
Abrams in the rear quarter from the side that punched only a pencil sized
hole. That hole started the tank on fire and the crew had to evac. That
tank
I think the MRAP replacement, the MATV, is pretty cool.
The Stryker is basically a Swiss-designed Mowag Piranha, and is not that
different from any of the pre-Iraq, cold war era wheeled armored personnel
carriers. They were all designed for a minimal level of protection,
basically 50 cal plus s
Having been to the sandbox and seen personally what an IED can do to a
Hummer, I would agree with Steve on that one. Hummers were not designed to
be put into the roles that they were used for in Iraq. They were really
just a replacement for the old Army Jeeps. Since there were not enough
armored
looks similar to the 6 wheeled vehicle in the new DieHard movie (and i'll
have to watch Fast and the Furious to see what the trucks in there were, but
i think they were shorter)
Chris
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Our boys from Oz use the Bushmaster, has excellent mine protection;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushmaster_Protected_Mobility_Vehicle
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In a message dated 2/8/2013 3:12:46 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
steve...@gmail.com writes:
Sometime I'll never understand military procurement. Instead of sending
troops in harms way in over-sized Jeeps (Humvee's), we could have had
something like the Gage Scout all along. The small G
thanks for the scan - every little bit helps!
Steve, did you also know there is one 1 of them in the US and that's owned
by a private collector?
Chris
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