Comments on: The World’s Toughest Bus

By: stevekj

stevekj — Mon, 30 May 2011 12:48:00 +0000

Did anyone else find it somewhat strange that the first thing the army personnel did after they successfully withstood a point-blank suicide explosion inside a heavily armoured bus was to get OUT of the bus??

By: Alucin Veritas

Alucin Veritas — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:50:10 +0000

Fuel Efficiency: Typically saves between 17 and 36 lives per route.

The original soldiers came about to engage in combat with the enemy and prove victorious. Modern methods and ethics place the standard U.S. soldier with a purpose to rescue, protect, and serve allies while neutralizing the enemies capacity to remain hostile or otherwise dangerous by utilizing all prudent but necessary force. That said, I hate the need for soldiers. I don’t hate soldiers. In fact, I find it hard not to respect soldiers. I just don’t like that we need them.

By: Jospec5Star

Jospec5Star — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:17:38 +0000

[quote]theinnerstation said: “The use of BMW’s as vehicles for “terrorist” activities dates back to at least the early 1970′s in Germany, where the Baader Meinhoff gang (among others) used the quick and agile BMW 2002 as an escape vehicle when robbing banks, etc. It was known briefly in the press as the “Baader Meinhoff Wagen”. That said, BMW’s are reliable, sturdy vehicles, universally favored by the ruling classes, and as such can often pass unchallenged on the road.”[/quote]

Just wanted to point out that The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon does exist…
http://www.damninteresting.com/index.php?s=baader

By: Mirage_GSM

Mirage_GSM — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:55:09 +0000

[quote]dentarthurdent said: “Wrong. The very purpose of a soldier is to kill people.”[/quote]

Well, that of course depends on the mission profile.
There are many soldiers that are deployed to get medical supplies and food to the victims of desasters. Others are to protect public buildings and probable terrorism targets. Neither of those soldiers’ purpose is it to kill people, and they’ll shoot only when attacked. Anyone who gets killed trying to attack some guy in a uniform and with a MP in his hands had it coming in my mind.
I’ll grant you the purpose of killing comes to the fore in times of war, but still it would be unfair to generalize.

By: dentarthurdent

dentarthurdent — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:40:39 +0000

[quote]they SAVE LIVES. [/quote]

Wrong. The very purpose of a soldier is to kill people.

By: HiEv

HiEv — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:59:45 +0000

[quote]“The composite armour is so light it floats on water…”[/quote]
Nitpick time: Weight isn’t very important in determining whether things float, it’s relative density that’s the key. Battleships aren’t “light” but they float on water too. :-D

By: CaptainBagz

CaptainBagz — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:41:22 +0000

The Captain of my old unit was in one of those explosions! Irish is a rough road, but it was brought up in one of the previous posts about the off-road capability of these busses. I would not want to take them out of an urban area. I’ll take an MRAP over one of these buses anyday.

And yes, I have rode in both, still DI.

By: tarteauxpommes

tarteauxpommes — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:55:00 +0000

Hot damn (interesting), that’s a cool bus.

By: Tink

Tink — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:44:52 +0000

Miss Cellania said: “I know a few people who would kill to have one of these, only for the appearance of conspicuous consumption.”

Lol, here ya go: WARNING ADULT LANGUAGE:
http://www.hummerh8.com/

By: mal4mac

mal4mac — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 09:55:16 +0000

I agree about using mapquest for driving directions, though you should compare them with other sites. The big search engines have got much better at providing driving directions:

http://www.321books.co.uk/directory/mapquest-driving-directions.htm