Suburban PA

Nic Name · 08-20-2002, 06:35 PM

Glyn Bottomley of Thales AFV Systems Ltd., sits in the passenger seat
of a GMC Suburban behind the controls for the .50-Caliber M2 machine gun
mounted to the vehicle built at the Ibis Tek Shop in Butler, Pa., Friday, Aug. 2, 2002.
The gun can be aimed and fired using the computer controls and the view shown on the screen.
(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

OK, this image hits all the Cellar hot buttons:

Pennsylvania
Big Guns
Big Cars
Terrorism
Computer Simulation
Technology overkill

and I think the guy with the facial hair had a couple of Subs for lunch!

MaggieL · 08-20-2002, 09:55 PM

Yeah, this thing has been making the rounds of the gun lists. It's not for sale in the US, of course.

" The company's client list is confidential. Buckner will say only that about a dozen of his vehicles are being used in four Middle Eastern countries. The Royal Guard of Saudi Arabia possesses three."

Nic Name · 08-20-2002, 10:55 PM

It should be a Cadillac Escalate

08-20-2002, 06:35 PM	#1
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	Suburban PA Glyn Bottomley of Thales AFV Systems Ltd., sits in the passenger seat of a GMC Suburban behind the controls for the .50-Caliber M2 machine gun mounted to the vehicle built at the Ibis Tek Shop in Butler, Pa., Friday, Aug. 2, 2002. The gun can be aimed and fired using the computer controls and the view shown on the screen. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) OK, this image hits all the Cellar hot buttons: Pennsylvania Big Guns Big Cars Terrorism Computer Simulation Technology overkill and I think the guy with the facial hair had a couple of Subs for lunch!

08-20-2002, 09:55 PM	#2
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	Yeah, this thing has been making the rounds of the gun lists. It's not for sale in the US, of course. " The company's client list is confidential. Buckner will say only that about a dozen of his vehicles are being used in four Middle Eastern countries. The Royal Guard of Saudi Arabia possesses three." __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..." Last edited by MaggieL; 08-20-2002 at 09:58 PM.

08-20-2002, 10:55 PM	#3
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	It should be a Cadillac Escalate Last edited by Nic Name; 08-21-2002 at 12:38 AM.

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