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Sun, 15/10/2006 - 21:23
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The G-Wagen's a Beauty, Eh? Canadian Soldiers Saved by Armored Merc

A few of Canada's finest ran across an improvised explosive device in the wilds of Afghanistan, and their hides were saved by the corn-fed German beef of their up-armored Gel ndewagen. While the bomb turned the vehicle into what insurance adjusters would term "a total loss," the G-Class' civil-servant brother did the job it was designed to do the soldiers got out with a few busted extremities.

Mercedes G-Wagons Likely Saved Soldier's Lives...Again

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Sun, 15/10/2006 - 21:33
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Re: this will put tears in your eyes

sorry i couldn't paste the picture but use this link
http://emercedesbenz.com/Dec05/13MercedesGSavesSoldiersLivesAgain.html

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Sun, 15/10/2006 - 22:17
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Sun, 15/10/2006 - 22:23
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Re: this will put tears in your eyes

thanks for that!

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Sun, 15/10/2006 - 22:24
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NP

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Mon, 16/10/2006 - 10:46
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Re: this will put tears in your eyes

buckalec wrote:

Wow, the complete photograph is much mroe impressive than that!:

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Mon, 16/10/2006 - 11:26
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What I fail to understand, my interest in Gs aside, is why the UK government does not put an order in for a few hundred of these, lhd or not, and issue them to our troops in the most dangerous areas.

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Mon, 16/10/2006 - 12:13
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Re: this will put tears in your eyes

Buckalec was apparently lost for words :roll:
And I understood that we did not hardly have any helicoptors -- and even fewer pilots, seems to be a little overkill for vehicle recovery.
PS
Are those telehandlers in the background top lifting ISO containers, it looks they are, some kit.
Cheers,
Marcus

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