Stryker/C-130 Pics

On 2 Oct 2003 02:28:18 -0700, (lisieux) wrote:

They are a very cute little vehicle. I have seen them disabled in
ambushes without too much difficulty.

Going by the standard of driving displayed by most recce troop drivers
I saw, this wouldn't be too difficult as they loved to pile their
vehicles into random ditches, culverts and hedges with gay abandon.
And that was before they found the reverse gear.

Even children can stop them if
they have lots of paint and a few big bricks.

They also tended to stop at Zebra crossings as a matter of routine.

Another cunning Fenian ploy unmasked. First, paint a zebra crossing
on the road to stop the enemy armour...

Their drivers tended to be more polite than the Saracen and Humber Pig
drivers. The Saladins were the most fun to attack as they simply drove
through the hail of paint bombs and bricks without stopping to chase
the kids away.

My favourite was the Fox, with a centre of gravity so high that it
would overturn on any sharp corner and squish the vehicle commander if
he was perching on the turrent roof to escape the stench of the
driver's socks in the main compartment as per usual. I talked my way
into driving a Scimitar down Colchester high street once. That was
fun. As was parking it at the Little Chef for lunch.

Gavin Bailey

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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised wrote:
On 2 Oct 2003 02:28:18 -0700, (lisieux) wrote:
into driving a Scimitar down Colchester high street once. That was
fun. As was parking it at the Little Chef for lunch.

Wouldn't parking it *on* the Little Chef have been a better culinary decision?

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On 2 Oct 2003 14:54:59 +0100, (ANDREW ROBERT BREEN)
wrote:

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised wrote:
On 2 Oct 2003 02:28:18 -0700, (lisieux) wrote:
into driving a Scimitar down Colchester high street once. That was
fun. As was parking it at the Little Chef for lunch.

Wouldn't parking it *on* the Little Chef have been a better culinary decision?

After several days on compo, overpriced spicy chicken fillets and
chips was manna from heaven, believe me.

Gavin Bailey
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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised wrote:

My favourite was the Fox, with a centre of gravity so high that it
would overturn on any sharp corner and squish the vehicle commander if
he was perching on the turrent roof to escape the stench of the
driver's socks in the main compartment as per usual. I talked my way
into driving a Scimitar down Colchester high street once. That was
fun. As was parking it at the Little Chef for lunch.

Mum always found it strange that tank drivers (no doubt the commanders)
would pull up at the traffic lights and would sit there waiting to do a
right turn with their arm out, stiff as a brush, like a schoolkid doing the
cycling proficiency test.

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On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 21:00:47 +0100, "James Hart"
wrote:

Mum always found it strange that tank drivers (no doubt the commanders)
would pull up at the traffic lights and would sit there waiting to do a
right turn with their arm out, stiff as a brush, like a schoolkid doing the
cycling proficiency test.

It was revealing to see how few car drivers actually understood the
Highway Code arm gestures, and was funnier to see their faces when
they suddenly realised that their ignorance was going to pile them
into the side of a tank.* Having said that, it had army landie effect
in the traffic stream: drivers suddenly became less aggressive and
left a reasonable amount of space to avoid their precious cars getting
squished and dented. Although, to be fair, a CVRT in stop-start
traffic rocks backards a forwards quite a bit which can confuse people
anticipating the queue moving forwards.

Gavin Bailey

* I use the word in the loosest possible context to include the
Scimitar.
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