OT - Humvee stuck - insult to injury!
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OT - Humvee stuck - insult to injury!
From military.com:
Humvee in Deep...Stuff
Getting your vehicle bogged down on a combat patrol is bad. Getting it bogged down in an open sewer trench is insult to injury.
http://shock.military.com/Shock/videos. ... =army-a.nl
Humvee in Deep...Stuff
Getting your vehicle bogged down on a combat patrol is bad. Getting it bogged down in an open sewer trench is insult to injury.
http://shock.military.com/Shock/videos. ... =army-a.nl
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Getting Stuck and stuff
This is a bit different. Back in the early 1960's while stationed in West Germany it was common at certain times of the year for some farmer to pull his honey wagon out in front of a military convoy. This I believe was sometimes intentional. A lot of the farmers had old wooden tank honey wagons loaded with liquid manue for their fields. It was common to "T" bone these dang things and get covered in some of the stinkiest and foulest manure. This was bad, seemed no matter how one tried to wash the vehicle, the smell would always come back in warm weather even a new paint job would not help. Of course the farmer would get a brand new metal honey wagon from Uncle Sam so they never really seemed upset at losing the old ones. Just a bit different. I know an M-113 could smell for a long time. ATB
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4 wheel drive
A lot of people think that 4 wheel drive will go anywhere---no problem. That can be the case many times, but not everytime. That vehicle was in bad shape off down in that trench, and I bet that slime was awful slick, imagine the stench in that street after all that stirring up.
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Re: 4 wheel drive
Bruce, you hit it on the head with "a lot of people think that a 4 wheel drive will go anywhere". We get these yuppies around here with their brand new $40,000 Land Rovers smashed up in a ditch during a snow storm because they think they have something invincible. ----Sixgunbrucew44guns wrote:A lot of people think that 4 wheel drive will anywhere---no problem. That can be the case many times, but not everytime. That vehicle was in bad shape off down in that trench, and I bet that slime was awful slick, imagine the stench in that street after all that stirring up.
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I drove a hummer for 6 years in the service,(when I was not on a "hike") they will get stuck. Mostly high centered. The motor is a pooch and the gearing is to high.
They should have just refitted the Power Wagons!!
Sitting here watching the video I can almost smell the stuff on that vehicle, or may be its me?
They should have just refitted the Power Wagons!!
Sitting here watching the video I can almost smell the stuff on that vehicle, or may be its me?
On the new trucks they have a better motor and trany. But with all that armor they weigh more then the proverbial Sh&* ton. The only good thing is that the doors are sealed fairly well most of the stuff should of stayed on the outside.WCF3030 wrote:I drove a hummer for 6 years in the service,(when I was not on a "hike") they will get stuck. Mostly high centered. The motor is a pooch and the gearing is to high.
They should have just refitted the Power Wagons!!
Sitting here watching the video I can almost smell the stuff on that vehicle, or may be its me?
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