squaddies damage troop carrier while on a joy ride

apc2010


Joined: 28/07/2010
Posts: 1689

Message Posted:
13/12/2010 15:41

A GROUP of RAF airmen are being investigated by Britain’s MOD after allegedly causing nearly £40,000 to a state of the art new military vehicle, after a taking it for a spin in Akrotiri.



According The Sun newspaper the state of the art £1.5million“Warthog” troop carrier was awaiting deployment to Afghanistan when the servicemen crashed the vehicle in scrubland.









http://www.cyprus-mail.com/cyprus/group-squaddies-damage-troop-carrier-while-joy-ride/20101212

NCMan



Joined: 19/09/2009
Posts: 670

Message Posted:
13/12/2010 15:51

That is what you get with allowing Crab Air to try & do the job of the Army. !!!!

TRNCVaughan


Joined: 27/04/2008
Posts: 4578

Message Posted:
13/12/2010 15:52

40 grands worth of damage to a Warthog by RAF airmen? So what?

Wait till it gets to Afghanistan and see what the Taliban might do to it.

We need to get these things in perspective.

tomsteel


Joined: 22/06/2009
Posts: 482

Message Posted:
13/12/2010 18:14

Squaddies = soldiers (Army)

RAF = crabs

Get the title correct and you may just get some cred.

apc2010


Joined: 28/07/2010
Posts: 1689

Message Posted:
13/12/2010 18:17

apologies , but I was quoting direct , not an expert in slang military terms ...

andy-f


Joined: 03/05/2009
Posts: 1256

Message Posted:
13/12/2010 18:35

the lads need to have a bit of fun when they can , no one got hurt so it should be forgot about .

flightholiday


Joined: 19/07/2007
Posts: 3217

Message Posted:
13/12/2010 18:42

Andrew Msg 6 - The 40,000 GBP would keep my local library open rather than it's having to close due to governmemnt cut backs - sorry joy-ride and pay the costs (there is no excuse).

At this moment when the UK is in trouble along with the rest of the world members of our armed forces (who do a job I do not envy) should try to help us keep them going giving them the best equipment not play with it. By the way how could they damage a tool like a wharthog that should be hard to break?

yenibob


Joined: 13/10/2010
Posts: 1203

Message Posted:
13/12/2010 18:49

I have read APCs opinion of our troops in another place. What a plonker!



Anything to put down the Brits (or the TRNC)



Sad little person or what?

NCMan



Joined: 19/09/2009
Posts: 670

Message Posted:
14/12/2010 08:01

Well said Tom steel , it is just so sad he picked a name like he has .

APC ( Armoured Personel Carrier )

I bet he never realised.

TRNCVaughan


Joined: 27/04/2008
Posts: 4578

Message Posted:
14/12/2010 09:58

The Warthog has been developed as a replacement for the lightly armoured "Snatch" Land Rover, which folds like a Coke can when it meets an IED.

When the squaddies in the Ghan drive a Warthog over a mine, hopefully they will remain unharmed, but 40,000 pounds will not start to cover the damage.

For every one the RAF damage the Taliban will wreck 10.

NCMan



Joined: 19/09/2009
Posts: 670

Message Posted:
14/12/2010 10:01

Wow Vaughan you never cease to amaze me, well said .



Now come on who is your source. ? !!!!!!!

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
14/12/2010 10:57

NCMan. I dubbed him Armoured Personnel Carrier on this board on 6 Dec but he did not pick up the bait. That must be better than "Warthog" ! I hope he was not a REMF

TRNCVaughan


Joined: 27/04/2008
Posts: 4578

Message Posted:
14/12/2010 11:14

NCMan,



My son is a sergeant in the RAF Regiment with several tours of Iraq and the Ghan under his belt, along with several confirmed scalps.

Not only is he not a "Guin", hes is also not a "Hat".

NCMan



Joined: 19/09/2009
Posts: 670

Message Posted:
14/12/2010 12:15

I bet you are very proud of him to, i came out of the Army 5 years ago after doing 37 years so i know what he is going through.

If he is in ghan now God Bless him & keep him safe.

TRNCVaughan


Joined: 27/04/2008
Posts: 4578

Message Posted:
14/12/2010 13:03

NCMan,



He has just come back from 6 months in the Ghan (Kandahar) and has been told he won't need to go back for 2 years - hopefully it will be all over (somehow) by then.

Thanks for your good wishes.