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USMC Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle not an AFV
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Skeet
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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 7:23 am Post subject: USMC Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle not an AFV
I saw a article about the new USMC Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle. I can't find it now or I would paste a link. In the article, the Marine Corp spokesman emphatically declared this was NOT a 'fighting vechicle'. It's job was to move, and to some extent protect and support, grunts. The grunts were the sword points. Comments? BTW - If anybody can find that link, please paste it here.

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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 10:23 am Post subject: Re: USMC Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle not an AFV
There one thing for sure, the word game is not dead in the Corps, but I don't see how the "spokesman" could say that because the Corps has never learned the differance between a fighting vehicle and a support vehicle. Ya got to remember this is the branch of U.S. armed services that put the Ontos (@#$#@ pigs) in service and then reduced its number of tank companies.

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Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 11:32 am Post subject: Re: USMC Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle not an AFV
Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle So when is a Fighting Vehicle not a Fighting Vehicle, when it's in the USMC! WHY would they even bother to make this differentiation when everything that moves in place like Iraq or Afghanistan is a "Fighting Vehicle", at least armour and heavy weapons one time would have indicated so! Ever so slightly bizarre this one............ Regards, BUG

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Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 6:34 am Post subject: Re: USMC Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle not an AFV
Hi Folks! It is to bad that just about all services and builders have to use some fancy name now days. I would be happy to hear it call an "AMTRACK". My outdated 2 cents, Sgt, Scouts Out! _________________ "You can never have too much reconnaissance." General G.S. Patton Jr.

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Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 2:28 pm Post subject: Re: USMC Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle not an AFV
Geez - I just re-read my post and the comments and laughed out loud. Dunno why the humor previously escaped me of a Military spokesman explaining an Expeditionary FIGHTING VEHICLE was not a 'fighting vehicle'. Duh?

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