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What's a "Gavin" Cos that looked like an M113 to me.
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Yeah, cos women don't mind getting their gear off and they don't mind a bit of perversity but they DO draw the line at nose pickingOriginally posted by ArmySGT. View Post
(the above is a misquote from the movie "The Odd Angry Shot")Comment
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A fine example of two people nominally speaking the same language, and still having no idea at all what was said.
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"The Odd Angry Shot". Classic Australian film. It comes across as a bit dated now, as a whole, but this scene remains timeless, I think:
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Was this seen off of your island
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I very much doubt itOriginally posted by ArmySGT. View PostWas this seen off of your island
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You have to remember that "The Odd Angry Shot" was filmed in the mid-1970s. It was shown outside Australia but you're talking about 30 years ago so it's no surprise that people haven't heard of it - back in the days of the drive-in theatre and beer cans made from steel!Comment
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I am 40 and somehow missed this....... well I will have to check Amazon.Originally posted by StainlessSteelCynic View PostComment
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The 113 is a good example of the old adage KISS. Thoroughbred race horses get girls hot, but workhorses keep the business running.“We’re not innovating. We’re selectively imitating.” June Bernstein, Acting President of the University of Arizona in Tucson, November 15, 1998.Comment
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It's an absolutely AMAZING movie. Relatively low budget, but very realistic depiction of Australian troops in operation (or just in the boozer).
Best scene EVER has to be the WP grenade at the bridge, but then I am a sadistic bastard sometimes.
If it moves, shoot it, if not push it, if it still doesn't move, use explosives.
Nothing happens in isolation - it's called "the butterfly effect"
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Been years since I saw it, but I remember thinking it was very good. I don't know for sure if it ever saw screen time in the US, when I saw it in the early 90s it was a rental from a local video store that competed with the chains by stocking foreign films and obscuria.Comment
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Back to the 'ol M113...I think what's made the sucker so versatile to begin with is the fact that it is, indeed just a basic armored (okay, that's a misnomer, ALUMINUM) box with tracks...you really can just mix and match and do whatever you want with it.
Don't know if that was the original intention, but clever regardless. With all that said....think I'll stick with a Bradley.
"The use of force is always an answer to problems. Whether or not it's a satisfactory answer depends on a number of things, not least the personality of the person making the determination. Force isn't an attractive answer, though. I would not be true to myself or to the people I served with in 1970 if I did not make that realization clear."
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Originally posted by Schone23666 View PostBack to the 'ol M113...I think what's made the sucker so versatile to begin with is the fact that it is, indeed just a basic armored (okay, that's a misnomer, ALUMINUM) box with tracks...you really can just mix and match and do whatever you want with it.
Don't know if that was the original intention, but clever regardless. With all that said....think I'll stick with a Bradley.
Which is why I advocate for the M2 Bradley be made a Univeral Chassis and take over the M113 roles. There is an IFV, AD, Evac, Cargo, SAM, platforms. Begging for a FO/Hell fire model, 120mm Mortar carrier, APC uparmored, and Command Post models.Comment
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