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Armor/AFV: Modern Armor
Modern armor in general.
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Kildare, Ireland
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Posted: Friday, March 20, 2009 - 09:20 AM UTC
Found this on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12741215@N04/2951161803/in/set-72157602338232274/
Can anyone identify it?
lespauljames
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England - South West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Friday, March 20, 2009 - 09:26 AM UTC
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Scotland, United Kingdom
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Posted: Friday, March 20, 2009 - 09:29 AM UTC
Looks like they are filming on the set of the new A-team movie???????
majjanelson
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South Carolina, United States
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Posted: Friday, March 20, 2009 - 09:38 AM UTC
"Hrumph! It's only a model."

Beyond, Beyond Thunderdome?
bizzychicken
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Wales, United Kingdom
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Posted: Friday, March 20, 2009 - 09:44 AM UTC
Dont know? looks like an old Dodge twin wheel 5 tonne van wheel base with lots of steel plates stuck to it. Not a Clue
LeoCmdr
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Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Friday, March 20, 2009 - 12:11 PM UTC
It is a private contractor improvised armoured vehicle in Iraq.
Thatguy
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Virginia, United States
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Posted: Friday, March 20, 2009 - 12:41 PM UTC
If you click on the link and read the replies its pretty positively been identified as a Granite APC-1.
Abydos
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New York, United States
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Posted: Friday, March 20, 2009 - 01:10 PM UTC
isn't that one of those vehicals they use when they chase tordanoes with out west. i was watching something about them on the discovery channel.
Griffon65
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Queensland, Australia
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Posted: Friday, March 20, 2009 - 01:25 PM UTC
That is the most bizzare contraption I've seen in a while.
LeoCmdr
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Posted: Friday, March 20, 2009 - 01:26 PM UTC

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If you click on the link and read the replies its pretty positively been identified as a Granite APC-1.


That is correct.......

Granite Global Services Ford F550-based APC-1 (aka. “The Rock”) offers a purpose-designed urban warfare vehicle that has performed well in Iraq, at about the price of an up-armored Hummer.
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