U.S. counter-terror officials have launched an investigation into how ISIS got so many of those identical Toyota pickup trucks which they use in their convoys.
They don’t have to look very far …
The Spectator reported last year:
The [Toyota] Hilux [pics] is light, fast, manoeuvrable and all but indestructible (‘bomb-proof’ might not, in this instance, be a happy usage). The weapons experts Jane’s claimed for the Hilux a similar significance to the longbows of Agincourt or the Huey choppers of Nam. A US Army Ranger said the Toyota sure ‘kicks the hell out of a Humvee’ (referring to the clumsy and over-sized High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle made by AM General).
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2 comments:
How many mess-ups are going to happen before someone in the DoD or Security gets it and does something about it! We are aiding our enemies!
So, they get these nice, rugged, utility versions of the toyota pickups ,diesel too I'm sure, handed to them for free and we get the high priced crap the dealers are shoving at us, gasoline versions of course, because the U.S. government says that's all we can import. What a joke!!
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