Britain said on Wednesday it would spend £700m on buying hundreds of new armoured vehicles and upgrading existing ones to improve the protection of troops in Afghanistan.
The decision to acquire 700 additional vehicles that offer greater capacity and can better withstand landmines and roadside bombs follows criticism of the Ministry of Defence from families of servicemen killed while on patrol in lightly armoured “Snatch” Land Rovers. The Taliban are increasingly using roadside bombs – or improvised explosive devices – to attack coalition troops.
Do the math... 700m pounds for 700 more vehicles... 1m pounds/vehicle? That's a heckuva set of wheels.
By: Brant
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Heavy, too.
In any case my vote goes to the Mini Cooper.
They're cuter and thus less likely to draw the ire of hostile forces. Put one of those phat Union Jacks on the roof and that's one pimped out ride!
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