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I didn't know Canada had an Army. I just thought we took care of them. Those trucks are really for pulling their horse trailers. 
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US Recon uses G-wagen, not H1.
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That guy is jack bauer from 24, I told you!
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by PARAGON:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Racer-X:
You guys DO realize your scrapping with a guy who advertises that he owns a Toyota Corolla in his sig line....right?  </div></BLOCKQUOTE>We're bored. The trolls have been few and far between as of late. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
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01-10-2006, 03:32 PM
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by tanklizard:
BULL****!!!
United States reconnaissance units use either the M1114, a Stryker, or the walk. They do not use G-Wagons in any way shape or form. All I see is a picture of an American soldier standing in front of a G-Wagon. How did you come to your conclusion from this picture? How do you know he isn’t just posing in front of a G-wagon? I learned a long time ago to keep my mouth shut when I don’t know what I’m talking about. You should do the same. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
BUWAHAHAHA!!!!! Thai gets Pwn3d by someone that has first hand expert experience.
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01-09-2006, 10:06 PM
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FYI for the original poster:
http://www.jalopnik.com/cars/news/the-gwagens-a-beauty-...ored-merc-142901.php
Canadians suffer minor injuries in Afghan blast
CTV.ca News Staff
It was a close call for Canadian soldiers who escaped death Wednesday after a suspected suicide bomber blew up a truck packed with explosives near their patrol in Afghanistan.
Three soldiers from Edmonton were treated for superficial injuries, said Col. Steve Bowes, commander of the Canadian Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). There was some bruising, and one soldier received minor burns to his hands and the back of his neck.
"But they are all OK and they are back on duty," Bowes told CTV on Wednesday.
But a 10-year-old Afghan boy wasn't so lucky. He was killed along with the suicide attacker in the blast, which served to remind Canadian troops of the dangers facing them in the country.
The explosion occurred near an orphanage, about one kilometre outside of the city of Kandahar.
Bowes said it appears that the suspect vehicle made a short U-turn and then came back at the Canadian convoy and detonated.
"The investigation is ongoing but it looks like it was a suicide bombing."
Bowes said the irony is that Canadian troops enjoy a great deal of popular support in Kandahar.
"There is no part of this city where we cannot go. We simply need to be safe when we go there," he said.
"There is an extremist element and it's an element that you know will go to any ends to achieve their objectives."
Defence Minister Bill Graham recently warned that the move by Canadian troops from the more stable capital of Kabul to Kandahar -- widely known as a hotbed of militant activity -- could boost the odds of Canadian deaths and injuries.
Graham said from Ottawa Wednesday that he was relieved to hear the soldiers weren't seriously hurt.
"We're extremely cautious as we move into the Kandahar process," he said. "The chief of defence staff has assured me that we're taking all precautions to protect our troops, and I'm confident that we'll do that."
Graham said he was also pleased that lives may have been saved by the new light-armored vehicles the troops are using, called G-Wagons.
Despite the power of the blast, witnesses said the soldiers' G-Wagon was hardly damaged.
"I have renewed faith in the vehicles we're driving," Warrant Officer Mike Gauley said. He added the troops inspected the vehicle carefully for damage, but all they found was "a broken headlight."
The wagons were ordered after a landmine killed two Canadians travelling in a lighter Iltis jeep in October, 2003. But with the Taliban and al Qaeda blamed for a recent wave of suicide bombings, and with 1,000 more Canadians headed for combat in Afghanistan, the Opposition says the new vehicles aren't enough.
"The government basically committed our troops to fight guerillas in Afghanistan without making sure they had the equipment," said Ontario Conservative MP Gordon O'Connor.
Lieutenant-Colonel Wayne Eyre at the Edmonton Garrison said the names of the injured Canadian soldiers -- who are part of the 101-soldier Edmonton contingent -- won't be released.
They were part of a routine supply convoy bringing goods to Canada's provincial reconstruction team in Kandahar.
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Those are semi cool---if you are a recreational offraoder or outdoorsman, but for soldiers, that is stupid. I doubt it could take near the beating or battle damage that hummers are capable of and it looks like they cost more than hummers do. I would much rather be in a HUMVEE with a fifty cal that a gwagon with an arb snorkel kit!!! The beadlocks are cool though.
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Alan06SUT:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Thai:
US Recon uses G-wagen, not H1. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Whatever dude thats Jack Bower from 24 </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Hehehe...that's true...that guy does look like him!
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It's fun watching Thai get pounded!!
Seems like he enjoys it. 
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ZeroThailerance brings teh SUCK.
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Tootsie:
It's fun watching Thai get pounded!!
Seems like he enjoys it. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>He's getting it from more then us.
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At least ther forest service will be driving H2's.
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That's how pathetic our government is...
The only reason they chose the G-Wagon is so they can be different than the US...
Give me an up armor humvee any day
P.S. Reports came out last year that the original order of G-Wagons that the Canadian Military ordered had floors that were heavily rusting (dangerously so)
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by tanklizard:
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This is the first time I've witnessed an American Soldier sniper a Charlie on teh web.
Can somebody say OWNED in Thai?????
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Alec, since you seem to know a lot about the US armed forces...did you know that a replacement of the Humvee is in progress??
This is FACT: do a google search
In the new world of warfare, the Humvee is not cuting it. Not because it's not capable, but because of the design of it. The H1's underbody is too wide and flat. Therefore, the underbody is too exposed to landmines in Iraq and Afgan. Surviving a landmine is very difficult in the H1...thus, Army is in the process of finding a replacement. The replacement's underbody will be bowed out (one of the proposed design)...thus deflecting the mine's force...thus, protecting our soldiers more. The H1's underbody, on the other hand, absorbs too much of the blast...too much real estate for the mine's force.
If you don't believe me, then do a search. Now, if i were given a chance to buy a H1 (aka win lottery), then i would buy it in an instant!! H1 is good in the old-kind of open warfare.
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Alec W:
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by VTSTOMPER:
I guess I am the orginal poster...I hope you didn't think I was talking smack about your G-Wagon by posting it. I thought it was pretty wild seeing a "greened out" G-Wagon. All I see are black ones covered with more chrome than anything else.
About your cut-in-paste, I am happy to read that they are doing their jobs in saving lives *The G-wagon that is* </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Thai for sure got all butt hurt about the perceived slight. He's got really thin skin but likes to talk big.
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I must admit, as far as a Gwagon goes those are sweet.
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