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Mark 131 Jul 2024 10:30 a.m. PST

For those who can't get enough of the history and nuts-and-bolts details of armored vehicles …

The Rolls Royce Armoured car named Sliabh na mBan (pronounced as something like: "sleeve na mon") appears to be the oldest armored fighting vehicle still in service in any nation's army. And the Chieftain (who's time in service in armored cars in the Irish Army helped get him tagged for OCS when he joined the U.S. Army National Guard) climbed in to take a look:

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-Mark
(aka: Mk 1)

Choctaw01 Aug 2024 7:34 a.m. PST

Thanks for the link!

79thPA Supporting Member of TMP01 Aug 2024 10:16 a.m. PST

The RR armored cars are cool looking vehicles.

Personal logo Old Contemptible Supporting Member of TMP11 Aug 2024 8:19 p.m. PST

I want one of these as my daily driver.

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