Posted on Dec 15, 2016
BAE Systems Presents First AMPV Prototype to US Army
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Ladies, here's your first official AMPV (Armored Multi Purpose Vehicle). I've never seen a pink Armored Vehicle, so I assume it's built for you ladies.
Don't get your panties in a wad. I'm just yanking your chain. Hey, it's pink so what else would I write?
YORK, Penn. – BAE Systems rolled out its first general purpose variant of the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) prototype for the US Army Thursday in a ceremony at its facility in York, Pennsylvania, just two years after being awarded the contract to build 29 vehicles in five variants.
Don't get your panties in a wad. I'm just yanking your chain. Hey, it's pink so what else would I write?
YORK, Penn. – BAE Systems rolled out its first general purpose variant of the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) prototype for the US Army Thursday in a ceremony at its facility in York, Pennsylvania, just two years after being awarded the contract to build 29 vehicles in five variants.
BAE Systems Presents First AMPV Prototype to US Army
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Nope. You're all wrong. The Pink is actually a special forces shading that dates back to British SAS long range desert group units operating with the 8th Army in the desert. The pink reflects the sun better (keeping the crews cooler) and makes the vehicles hard to spot in high sun and low light.
If you build models, you will see this color advertised/sold sometimes as "Mountbatten Pink." It is named for Lord Louis Mountbatten who was one of the early heads of British special forces and wrote checks for a lot of tech/procedures. Jeeps/vehicles so painted were referred to as "Pink Panthers." This is an incredibly old colour scheme.
If you build models, you will see this color advertised/sold sometimes as "Mountbatten Pink." It is named for Lord Louis Mountbatten who was one of the early heads of British special forces and wrote checks for a lot of tech/procedures. Jeeps/vehicles so painted were referred to as "Pink Panthers." This is an incredibly old colour scheme.
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PO3 Donald Murphy
The Air Force even used it on spy planes... It replaced the heavily blue-ish grey colour called PRU BLUE.
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PO3 Donald Murphy
I believe all RAF birds deploying to the Middle East, are "pinked up." Here's the latest RAF scheme for Iraq/A'Stan ops, though the RAF tends to refer to it as "Salmon..."
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About time they replaced the M113. It was a great vehicle for it's time, but now it's just too vulnerable on a modern battlefield. I will miss them!!
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PO3 Donald Murphy
I don't know...how much would TUSK II cost to fit? After all, Israel still fields them, I believe... TUSK updates would enable them to still serve.
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This is not a Mary Kay or Transgender Special Troops Carrier. Maybe pink is the primer so it can be painted by the client.
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