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The tracks we used were metal with a replaceable rubber pad in the middle. It looked as though the entire track shoe is rubberized.
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Lots of soley rubber treads for tracked vehicles come out of Isreal. As was already stated, the metal and metal with rubber tracks chew up pavement like nobodies business so they typically get replaced with the full rubber tracks.
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Definitely not a tank. They are very old and outdated. Never actually saw one in person, my units had all gotten rid of them. Even when I got to the guard. It appears that JeffCo bought one the ones we got rid of.
Lets see.Originally Posted by KevDen2005
Gun turret - check (just because it is unmounted does not mean there is no gun/firehose/Active Area Denial system)
Enough armor to stop anything the enemy has - check
Looks like a tank to me.
I know in military terms it is not a tank, it is an obsolete target. In civilian terms it is a tank.
Old news... they've had this for at least 3 years now. I agree, not sure why they need it.
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Apparently causing a stir after being posted yesterday by a KBPI DJ. Just found this article on DP page. http://www.denverpost.com/lakewood/c...io-disc-jockey
Viral photo of Jefferson County "tank" is not a tank
Photo posted by Denver radio disc jockey is years old
By Austin Briggs
YourHub Reporter
Posted: 04/10/2014 10:21:05 AM MDT1 comments | Updated: 48 min. ago
The 1976 M113-A1 Armored Personnel Carrier has been on loan to the Jefferson County Sheriff s Office from the Department of Defense since 2005.
The 1976 M113-A1 Armored Personnel Carrier has been on loan to the Jefferson County Sheriff s Office from the Department of Defense since 2005. (Provided by Jefferson County Sheriff s Office)
It may look like a tank, but it's not a tank.
A Facebook picture posted Wednesday morning by Denver radio disc jockey Willie B., of a tracked vehicle with a "Jefferson County Sheriff" logo sitting on a flatbed trailer, quickly went viral.
"Uhhhhhh Damn..they gotta Tank!! I'm absolutely sure this is to protect us and serve us....right?" the 106.7 KBPI disc jockey wrote on his Facebook page.
The picture quickly spread across Facebook and garnered 1,746 shares before jumping to Reddit and other sites, with commentators up in arms about a tank in Jefferson County.
"We can buy tanks, only our Jeffco schools our youth, Have to have a bake sale or some other fund raiser to fund computers and books. Great job guys," wrote one Facebook commentator.
"They shouldn't be buying any military hardware, are they implying the state is at war with its citizens?" wrote a Reddit user.
Even though it has tracks similar to a tank, it's actually a 1976 M113-A1 Armored Personnel Carrier that has been on loan to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office from the Department of Defense since 2005, said sheriff's office spokesman Mark Techmeyer.
"We've had it for nine years now and have been very transparent with it," Techmeyer said. "We took it to a middle school career fair yesterday ... I don't know where that particular picture came from but we've had a lot of photos of the vehicle on our website over the years."
The most likely use of the vehicle is in active shooter situations where deputies can be transported safely to a barricaded house, Techmeyer said, or used to transport a suspected bomb.
"There's no offensive capabilities at all; it's purely defensive," Techmeyer said. "We paid nothing for it and when we're done we'll return it to the Department of Defense."
He added the vehicle has been used "on several occasions" in active shooter situations.
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Let's not forget the psycho (Marvin Heemeyer) in Granby that used that his D335 bulldozer to go on a rampage. IIRC he had a .50 cal.
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See!?!? Guns are dangerous.
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Wouldn't the D335 win against that APC in a tug of war? (especially if it got some lift going with the bucket)
Maybe they need a bigger tank
I would like to see actual proof that either one of them had a 50. And I dont mean locked in their safe at home. On them during the crime. Anyone?
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