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bigbadtonka
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Nathaniel
Difflock Royalty
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Location: North, North Yorkshire
1979 Suzuki LJ
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Its poor on driver protection - but so are Landies really, especially the pinkies that the desert rats used...
They're on air suspension and are designed to be driven very fast over rough ground.
Sounds like fun! 
Might join the marines 
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terence
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the armoured varients are coming on stream ...
much better than a Snatch....
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Roger
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Location: Redditch Worcestershire
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And they get paid to drive around in those thing's.
Bah Humbug! 
Roger
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jeepmadmike
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Location: between 6000+7000 rpm and Devon
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designed and built in Devon those beasts are!
Euro hummvee me thinks, but no cab what are the MOD on! should have a cab and climate control to reduce drive stress etc even the best get worn out by the wind and weather! im amazed the marines will drive them i used to work with a ex marine he was constantly moaning about being cold or wet!
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Damian
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Location: Bolton, a town far, far away....
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Sod that, I want the hovercraft!
Love the opening shot of the Chinook as well!
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mrman
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Joined: 17 Feb 2003
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Location: Bridgend - South Wales
1993 Mitsubishi Pajero
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these are not exclusive to the Marines
the Welsh Guards also use these
I was privvy to a training video on Christmas day, of the lads at the off road course somewhere in Ireland.
My comments at the start of the video were, " you got to take your time when driving off road, it's not like driving on tarmac, else you end up on your roof"
2 minutes into video..........
Jackal on it's roof
they have winches also, but I am told they tend to break ?
Dave
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AndyH aka Mad4x4
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Location: St Cyrus (Scotland)
2012 Land Rover 101
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| Roger wrote: | And they get paid to drive around in those thing's.
Roger |
Yeah but our Armed Forced don;t get paid enough, 16K for a squaddy and for that you get SHOT at or blown Up..... Yet a Bin man or a Bus Driver in the UK can earn 22K............... (rant over)
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Nathaniel
Difflock Royalty
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Location: North, North Yorkshire
1979 Suzuki LJ
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| Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 7:28 am Post subject:
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| Mad4x4 wrote: | | Roger wrote: | And they get paid to drive around in those thing's.
Roger |
Yeah but our Armed Forced don;t get paid enough, 16K for a squaddy and for that you get SHOT at or blown Up..... Yet a Bin man or a Bus Driver in the UK can earn 22K............... (rant over) |
Can you? 
I'm in a Skilled trade (Horticultural fitter) and am lucky to take home £13K!
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bigt
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| jeepmadmike wrote: | | designed and built in Devon those beasts are! |
I think I am right in saying designed and tested by Supacat, Dunkeswell and built at DML, Devonport. Often seen being roaded up the M5 on the way to the sandpit
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maggie_spaniel
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i dont want ... I neeeeeeed! Would be better with a cab and a heater on it tho.
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JACK0
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1987 Suzuki SJ
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| Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 2:58 pm Post subject:
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now i know what to do when im older
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RichardD
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| Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 3:16 pm Post subject:
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| Nathaniel wrote: | | Mad4x4 wrote: | | Roger wrote: | And they get paid to drive around in those thing's.
Roger |
Yeah but our Armed Forced don;t get paid enough, 16K for a squaddy and for that you get SHOT at or blown Up..... Yet a Bin man or a Bus Driver in the UK can earn 22K............... (rant over) |
Can you?
I'm in a Skilled trade (Horticultural fitter) and am lucky to take home £13K! |
During a Scotrail driver's strike a few years ago 1 [dim] driver got on his soapbox saying "It's no' fair an' reasonable fer Drivers tae make do wi' a measly £24 thoosand when signallers an' controllers are on £28 thoosand basic"
Next day Scotrail received over 400 applications from Lawyers, Doctors and Accountants. The strike crumbled!
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RichardD
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Looked at the video
Looks familiar?
Volvo TGB1111 from 1975!
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elkiebrooks
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1991 Suzuki Vitara
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| Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:11 pm Post subject:
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seen the jackal in the flesh, they are awesome bit difficult to reverse though (seen one roll over a car  ) as you can imagine they are a bit thirsty but give valuable protection to mine strikes. and i agree we in the forces dont get paid enough but then neither do a vast majority of very important people (no i aint talking about polititians and the like )
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terence
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| Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:29 pm Post subject:
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| jeepmadmike wrote: | designed and built in Devon those beasts are!
Euro hummvee me thinks, but no cab what are the MOD on! should have a cab and climate control to reduce drive stress etc even the best get worn out by the wind and weather! im amazed the marines will drive them i used to work with a ex marine he was constantly moaning about being cold or wet! |
marines know that there is no such thing as crap weather... just crap clothing...
as for the winches , they dont break the synthetic winch rope does though
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Discobull
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Location: Oxfordshire/Berkshire
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| Mad4x4 wrote: | | Roger wrote: | And they get paid to drive around in those thing's.
Roger |
Yeah but our Armed Forced don;t get paid enough, 16K for a squaddy and for that you get SHOT at or blown Up..... Yet a Bin man or a Bus Driver in the UK can earn 22K............... (rant over) |
Stupid them then
"You" choose whot you want to do for a job after school simple
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jeepmadmike
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| bigt wrote: | | jeepmadmike wrote: | | designed and built in Devon those beasts are! |
I think I am right in saying designed and tested by Supacat, Dunkeswell and built at DML, Devonport. Often seen being roaded up the M5 on the way to the sandpit |
A friend of mine is an engineer at supa cat, yep they engineered them and DML build them.
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watermains
Articulating
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1994 Land Rover Defender
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saw a program over christmas on sky about the para's pathfinders they were using them in a live theatre they also tipped one over
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