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Old 10-27-2011, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic View Post
...to quote a series of television ads "but wait, there's more..."
I soooo better be getting self sharpening steak knives with that!

Given the US pumped out tens of thousands of them and spread them around the place, and given replacement vehicles don't usually come cheap, it's no real surprise they've been adapted, then adapted some more by whoever's had them in service.
I'd imagine if the Soviets hadn't kept such a tight rein on their own client states, we may have seen the same thing happen with the BTR and BMP lines.
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