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"R. David Steele" /OMEGA> wrote in message ... > > |> No one has given me a clear answer on how tough Land Rovers are. > |> Especially compared to the Hummer (military version) or the other > |> military vehicles like the Unimog. > |> > | > | > |They are not 'tough' in the way an Unimog is tough. For instance, a > |Unimog can have a lime spreader mounted to the rear body and carry and > |spread four or five tons of lime over ploughed but uncultivated land. > |A Land Rover cannot do this. The old Bedford military wagons could do > |this. > |Compare apples with apples not oranges. > > American soldiers abuse their vehicles in ways that European > soldiers do not. The Unimog and the Hummer, being used as a > reference against what I would compare other vehicles. US trucks > will not take the operator abuse that the Unimog or Hummer take. > Can the LR take that level of abuse? > > Also we have seen Army Rangers go "dune buggying" in Afghanistan. > They like to pop the vehicle into the air over the top of low > hills. Sort of like Baja. US troops are very rough on vehicles. > The US Rangers use Land Rovers for their toughest missions: http://www.specwarnet.com/vehicles/rsov.htm |
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