We all need a few!

[Ripcord01]

I was talking to my brother and he was saying that he is coming home in a few months(Thank God) and shipping his truck home as well, This thing has saved his rump so many times. My brother, Ben is in the foreground.

 

[Flyingvan911]

Nice pic. Glad he's coming home safe.

 

[JAYHAWK 1962]

Congratulations! Be sure to thank him for his service to our
country

 

[rorybellows]

****, i wish we had those things. looks like up near tel afar or sinjar.
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[Ripcord01]

A few recent pics from AFG. That is Ben my brother. I love this Kid..

 

[steelsoldiers]

Great pics. Please thank Ben for his service!

 

[SPCWarning]

Thanks!

A few recent pics from AFG. That is Ben my brother. I love this Kid..

Thank you for posting this Ripcord, WE love him too, and every one of his brothers/sisters in arms! Glad he's coming home safe! Tell him thanks!
Jimmy

 

[91W350]

Bring that hero and his brothers home safely, our country needs good men! Thank him for his service from Kansas and myself! Glen

 

[Ripcord01]

I will talk to him again on Friday morning and I will relay the messages to him. Thanks for the support . Our boys over there are needing and are going to need us as they return home. he was thinking that he was gonna be home by Christmas but with some current local conflicts and the uprising of the" KLAN" they are pretty much bunkered down for a bit more. Keeping my fingers crossed.

 

[UNIMOG-GUY]

What is the piece of equipment in front of the MRAP in the first picture of the second group of pictures? Mine clearing device?

 

[colt45727]

What is the piece of equipment in front of the MRAP in the first picture of the second group of pictures? Mine clearing device?

Yes, that would be used for clearing mines.

 

[UNIMOG-GUY]

How does it work? Does it roll over the mine and set it off? Or does it do it some other way? I have seen the spinning chains and the blast plate on the Hydrema.

 

[colt45727]

How does it work? Does it roll over the mine and set it off? Or does it do it some other way? I have seen the spinning chains and the blast plate on the Hydrema.

I believe that they roll over the mines and set them off. The back cover is there to protect the cab from shrapnel.

 

[FireFighterHill]

it is not a mine clearing device, it is ment to set off IED's before the truck is over top of the IED. An IED will still do damage even with that device out front.

 

[FireFighterHill]

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