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luchs and fuchs
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Namur, Belgium
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Posted: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 - 12:20 PM UTC
DOES ANYBODY HAVE INFO AND PICS OF LUCHS AND FUCHS USED BY US ARMY (OR MARINES?) DURING IRAQI FREEDOM?
THANKS FOR HELP
Vodnik
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Posted: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 - 07:39 PM UTC
Please, don't shout! We can here you very well

Are you sure that US Army/Marines use any Luchs? I seriously doubt it. US Army only uses Fuchs, or actually Fox as it is called by them in NBC version. They use it since Gulf War 1.

I only have some photos of Fox from previous Gulf War.

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Pawel
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Provincia de Lugo, Spain / Espaņa
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Posted: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 - 07:58 PM UTC
Sorry Vodnik, I think the question was about OIF.... There were (and I have the photos to prove it) of Fuchs deployed to Iraq. Bat-21,take a look in my photo archives (jim's stuff) and you may find what you are looking for, Jim
Vodnik
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Posted: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 - 08:45 PM UTC
Jim,

I know what the question was about, that's why I wrote that I only have some photos from previous Gulf conflict and that's why I didn't post them. I know Foxes where also in OIF, I just don't have any recent photos.

Still, my point is that no Luchs are used by US armed forces, only Fuchs/Fox.

Rgds,
Pawel
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Provincia de Lugo, Spain / Espaņa
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Posted: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 - 09:27 PM UTC
I might have some in my files. I saw newsreel footage during OIF. Fuchs is pretty standard. Try the CentCom homepage and look through the archives....thats where i saw them..Jim
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Virginia, United States
Joined: May 27, 2003
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Posted: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 12:22 AM UTC
Are we talking about this vehicle?

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/m93a1.htm
Vodnik
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Posted: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 02:01 AM UTC
Yes, exactly. This is TPz 1A3 Fuchs aka M93A1 Fox.

Rgds,
Pawel
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