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Old 08-17-2008, 04:55 PM   #87
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Originally Posted by GiladS View Post
There's a greater chance that these troops will get killed/injured by shrapnel during a shelling if they are outside the vehicle rather than get killed by a direct hit (also I'm not sure if they are wearing any sort of ballistic vest on them).

Unless you are claiming that thses armored vehicles don't provide a basic level of protection against shrapnel?

I like seeing the enemy, er, potentional adversaries, congregated



COuld this be a external fuel tank that was dropped?
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