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Looks like they've done a full job on them in the Curragh. If you look at the photos from Marseille you can see airline type seats in the back, but on the photos above they've installed crash resistant troop seats. These are not going to be toys, army co-op starts as soon as they land in Ireland - this could be a really good sign for the future.
Question, the object on top of the cockpit section - is that a wire cutter?
I wonder if they've retrofitted some kevlar, or other protection from small arms fire.
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Originally posted by pym View PostLooks like they've done a full job on them in the Curragh. If you look at the photos from Marseille you can see airline type seats in the back, but on the photos above they've installed crash resistant troop seats. These are not going to be toys, army co-op starts as soon as they land in Ireland - this could be a really good sign for the future.
Question, the object on top of the cockpit section - is that a wire cutter?
I wonder if they've retrofitted some kevlar, or other protection from small arms fire.
yep they thing on top, blade shaped, is a wire cutterDr. Venture: Why is it every time I need to get somewhere, we get waylaid by jackassery?
Dr. Venture: Dean, you smell like a whore
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I hope the CR seats are left in 24/7, it might stop ministers wasting the few resources the DF actually have.
From the bit I've read on the 139's, they've an abundance of power - and in an emergency are able to cope with having an engine out. They really are a massive leap in performance from the Dauphins.
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here's one i prepared earlier
you can be sure the seats will be in and out like nobodies businessAttached FilesLast edited by spike; 25 November 2006, 19:04.It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you have.
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Looking at the last 2 pics in the above post:
Was one delivered with troop seats and one with more comfortable passenger seats? I presume seating is removable / interchangable.
I know the door in the last pic is fully open, but from this angle the cabin of the one with passenger type seating looks bigger. Is it just me?
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Goldie ,was there meant to be more photos from armedboarder?The only one thats came up for me is the one of the door gunner.:confused:"Let us be clear about three facts. First, all battles and all wars are won in the end by the infantryman. Secondly, the infantryman always bears the brunt. His casualties are heavier, he suffers greater extremes of discomfort and fatigue than the other arms. Thirdly, the art of the infantryman is less stereotyped and far harder to acquire in modern war than that of any other arm." ------- Field Marshall Wavell, April 1945.
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