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Feb 27, 2007 22:17 |  #1

Demonstration of USMC LAV-25's at the Coronado Speed Festival, 2005...

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Feb 27, 2007 22:59 |  #2

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Feb 28, 2007 11:32 |  #3

The wheel camber looks a bit scary when they lean out of the corner! :D


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Feb 28, 2007 13:32 |  #4

^^^ Haha... they make up for it with 8WD traction!

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Feb 28, 2007 13:48 |  #5

Could you pan, or were they going to slow? How fast were they movin?

That bending of the wheels on that corner is scary! ;)


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Feb 28, 2007 17:36 |  #6

wouldn't it be "armored car" races? :P


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Feb 28, 2007 23:25 |  #7

Those are cool. Must be a terrible ride :-)


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Mar 01, 2007 14:16 |  #8

It sure is nice to see that the Marines have such nice equipment to carry around all the Navy's bags..... they really are well equipped bell-hops


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Mar 01, 2007 19:37 as a reply to  @ waffles's post |  #9

You know the Marines are a department of the Navy don't you?
The men's department.:)




  
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Mar 01, 2007 20:15 |  #10

The men's department

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Mar 01, 2007 20:26 |  #11

I wanna drive one! great shots there keep em comming


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Mar 02, 2007 10:37 |  #12

Im thinking call them GUN BOAT races..(just kidding but when the MOWAGS first came out in Canada in the early 80's,thats what the "tracked' boys in the regiment used to call them) Regards---gordo-----




  
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Mar 02, 2007 11:41 |  #13

Looks like fun! Those wheels are crazy.


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