Always wanted a panzgar but wife said its her turn to have the next new car.
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Always wanted a panzgar but wife said its her turn to have the next new car.
There have been all sorts of local LEO grants from the feds. Much was after 9/11 so the mandate was for anti-terrorist stuff. Some police are amazingly well armed. There have been partial lists of some of the grants released.
Steve
I want a ride!! I'll man the guns!!
Probably got this one from the Army on the cheap. Springs PD did the same thing when they got their (now grounded) helicopters, bought 2 OH-58s from the Army for next to nothing, comparatively. The M113 no doubt cost a lot less than say, a Lenco Bearcat, which a lot of SWAT teams use, and costs around a quarter million bucks from what I could find on the Web. I guess they figured a few grand for a surplus M113 beat a quarter million of the taxpayers' money. And as CrufflerSteve said, the feds may well have picked up the tab anyway. Plus, the tracked vehicle is far less sensitive to terrain and weather than a wheeled vehicle. And what would they use it for? Providing cover for emergency medical treatment in a threat area (think an active shooter scenario, for one), hostage rescue in the same situation... I can think of at least ten uses that a PD or SO's tac team would have for it.
"We've done the impossible, and that makes us mighty."
Nathan Fillion, "Firefly"
Yes but tracked vehicles completely destroy roads. Should have got a Cadillac gage
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=AirbornePathogen;395607]Probably got this one from the Army on the cheap. Springs PD did the same thing when they got their (now grounded) helicopters, bought 2 OH-58s from the Army for next to nothing, comparatively. The M113 no doubt cost a lot less than say, a Lenco Bearcat, which a lot of SWAT teams use, and costs around a quarter million bucks from what I could find on the Web. I guess they figured a few grand for a surplus M113 beat a quarter million of the taxpayers' money. And as CrufflerSteve said, the feds may well have picked up the tab anyway. Plus, the tracked vehicle is far less sensitive to terrain and weather than a wheeled vehicle. And what would they use it for? Providing cover for emergency medical treatment in a threat area (think an active shooter scenario, for one), hostage rescue in the same situation... I can think of at least ten uses that a PD or SO's tac team would have for it.[/QUOTE]
damn and i thought they had a tank ( disappointment sets in ) thanks for getting my hopes up
Used to drive one of those. Had one of these on it.Fun to drive and shoot.
If it has new track pads on it, it isn't nearly as bad to the roads as you might think, sure, it'll tear up hot asphalt, but just leave skid marks on concrete.
And they flat out suck on ice. About 13 tons, combat loaded.
I hope they don't drive it too often, the price of track is not cheap.
Posse Comitatus
Good way to get around posse comitatus, legally speaking that is...
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