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Armor/AFV: IDF [Israeli Defense Forces]
Armor and AFVs of the IDF army from 1947-today.
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Posted: Friday, December 13, 2002 - 10:56 AM UTC
Now if anyone has an explanation for this..



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Posted: Friday, December 13, 2002 - 11:24 AM UTC
I can't seem to get the image right.. so try to go here: Merkava damage

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Posted: Friday, December 13, 2002 - 11:27 AM UTC
Gives me a whole new perspective on the phrase "taking a header"...

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Posted: Friday, December 13, 2002 - 11:45 AM UTC
I saw that, apparently the driver didn't see the TWENTY FOOT DROPOFF! He was doing soem heavy maneuvering and went right over the edge.

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Posted: Friday, December 13, 2002 - 11:45 AM UTC
Now wouldn't that make a great diorama!

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Posted: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 - 10:55 AM UTC
Hey, did you see that chick,ahhhhh cliff.......BANG............oh crap.
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Posted: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 - 11:17 AM UTC
Well, I really wonder what shape that the crew was in after that headeror better yet, a noser???

"That is going to leave a mark" Chris Farley in Tommy Boy

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Posted: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 - 11:29 AM UTC
Not an unheard of occurance at the National Training Center in Ft. Irwin. Hear about deaths and or injuries when M1s or Brads take a header over the edge of a wadi at night. Depth perception sucks when using night vision devices on featureless terrain.
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Posted: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 - 11:36 AM UTC
Rob,
Actually it was two scout Brads from one of the Infantry Battalions in 24ID that went off of the side of the Colorado wash in 1993. That total cost was three on that one: two BCs & a GIB / JAFO. One of the Scout OCs from the Scorpions, who I occasionally borrowed, was there that night and said he would have followed them over the side had he not seen their BO markers disappear... One of those nights when the percentage of moonlight was measured in a negetive percentages.

John
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