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| UNIFIL Tanks Replaced by Light Vehicles to Up Mobility, Intervention Capabilities |
| 2010-12-15 |
| Not too sure what UNIFIL does with tanks anyway. Have they ever fired a tank round anywhere? Has any UN "peacekeeping" operation outside of DRC done so? [An Nahar] The United Nations, aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society Interim Force in Leb (UNIFIL) has implemented the recommendations of the joint technical assessment conducted by the peacekeeping operations administration and UNIFIL by withdrawing heavy combat tanks (Leclerc) from the rapid intervention unit and replacing them with light armored vehicles equipped with anti-tank capabilities, UNIFIL front man Neeraj Singh announced Tuesday. The step comes as part of UNIFIL's objectives to boost its mobility and rapid intervention capabilities and in order to reduce the level of annoyance caused to villagers and the damage inflicted on roads and other infrastructure as a result of the use of heavy armored vehicles, Singh said in a statement. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 A trifle bemused to see that French LeClerk tanks are tearing up the roads in PRC. The example that I saw in the French Armour Museum at Saumur was mostly made of plywood. |
| Posted by: Higgins 2010-12-15 15:16 |