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  • #16
    Might be something to look at in relation to the new EU RescEU program that's being proposed?

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    • #17
      Pym some posters were suggesting getting these instead of 4 × 4.

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      • #18
        If just being looked at from the point of view of ATCA, then would Civil Defence not be the best people to have them in the first place?

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        Last edited by Flamingo; 4 March 2018, 18:20.
        'He died who loved to live,' they'll say,
        'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
        Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
        He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
        http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems...nnis/luck.html

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Flamingo View Post
          If just being looked at from the point of view of ATCP, then would Civil Defence not be the best people to have them in the first place?
          ATCA

          Might be better for councils giving that some councils won’t even request CD support

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          • #20
            Originally posted by DeV View Post
            ATCA

            Might be better for councils giving that some councils won’t even request CD support
            Fair point, but would those same councils be prepared to pay to buy and maintain the vehicles?
            'He died who loved to live,' they'll say,
            'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
            Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
            He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
            http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems...nnis/luck.html

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            • #21
              It would appear that possibly the 2 modules are permanently/semi-permanently linked



              But get this with troop/cargo/ambulance/fire bodies and we’d be laughing (well Emergency services would be)
              Last edited by DeV; 4 March 2018, 19:25.

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              • #22
                Or the multi-lift version with tankers etc as well

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                • #23
                  The CD use them on a DROPS type vehicle possibly because they have so few BV206. However nothing stopping this vehicle from travelling by road when required. Rubber tracks and low ground pressure (11 tonne vehicle) leave valmost no impact on any surface.The drivetrain from front to rear are permanently connected. It is an articulated vehicle the same as an Earthmoving dumper or a Mechanical wheelbarrow like was stolen In tallaght during Friday nights looting..
                  Maintenance would be no more complicated than a standard Transit van.
                  For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by DeV View Post
                    I do tend to agree but what conventional use do we put them to? Not a FFR

                    It’s an APC so do we buy enough for an few APC Coys? Use it in Supp Coys etc ?

                    Every military in the world does use 4x4 - 8x8 in the same way as us

                    Or course the other thing is why don’t councils, CD, emergency services, ESB Networks, etc etc get them?
                    Dublin CD have two based beside Tallaght Fire Station

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                    • #25
                      https://youtu.be/GHeF5n0s09c These things do make a lot of sense. pity about the music at the beginning

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by sofa View Post
                        Dublin CD have two based beside Tallaght Fire Station
                        That live out in the open and are never garaged, cant see them lasting too long like that, not even a tarp over them.
                        "He is an enemy officer taken in battle and entitled to fair treatment."
                        "No, sir. He's a sergeant, and they don't deserve no respect at all, sir. I should know. They're cunning and artful, if they're any good. I wouldn't mind if he was an officer, sir. But sergeants are clever."

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                        • #27
                          Are they Bv 202s or 206s.... the 202s will rot hence the RM couldn't offload them fast enough in days gone by!
                          Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe

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                          • #28
                            Hagglunds BV206
                            "He is an enemy officer taken in battle and entitled to fair treatment."
                            "No, sir. He's a sergeant, and they don't deserve no respect at all, sir. I should know. They're cunning and artful, if they're any good. I wouldn't mind if he was an officer, sir. But sergeants are clever."

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