Posted: 8/20/2007 2:26:20 AM EDT
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Just been sent this: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0dd_1187202294 Now that packs a punch  |
Cool.......
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In 2003 in Kuwait City I remember seeing the police outside the Brit embassy (when "by accident" we went to the shopping mall instead of Camp Doha) and they had some nifty pick ups with GPMGs on the back and a very swish plastic cover to keep the rain off (them, not the weapon). Totally useless but intimidating to the casual bystander. Those guys love spending money on stuff - preferably shiny & fast or shiny & goes bang! |
When I was in Qatar, they had Chevy pick-ups with 20mm cannons on the back 
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Now that sounds like fun! Qatar was a bit starnge when I went there - a special dual carriageway from the airbase main gate that only the Emir could use - everyone else had to go to the back gate along a bumpy track and then a big detour so we didn't wear out his shiny road - and there were gangs of TCNs (Third Country Nationals - Bangladeshi & Pakisatnis guest workers) who spent the entire time sweeping the roads the Emir might use. Lots of Qataris with lots of toys - didn't see the 20mm, but it sounds ideally suited to urban policing in a modern Gulf state! |
The airbase was built long atfer I left (1984) but at all sounds familiar. We lived near the Guest Palace and every time a foreign dignatry came to visit, they's throw up a cordon which extended to our back gate, which was where they'd park one of the "technicals" .Anyhow, regarding the shiny road....my dad worked for the State Electricity dept and one of his jobs was to provide and install all the power to the Oil ministers weekend retreat, which was a huge palace in the north of the country. I went there once, it was pure opulence  .The estate also had it's own avenues and boulevards c/w full street lighting. One time he was coming back from an OPEC meeting in Switzerland and my dad got a call from his head of Dept that the Sheikh would like to fly over the estate to see what it looks like all lit up  So my dad trundles up there in the middle of the night with a crew, switch on all the power and lighting........then this Tristar comes barreling in at low level, takes a look and then flies on to the airport  .Must be nice to have loads of dosh 
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Interesting stuff....A certain Middle East Royal family fly to Switzerland during their summer. They have their own 747, and transport their gear in a Herc ! Check this link for Sandbox vehicles...some funky stuff ! www.jobrelatedstuff.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=599059 |
Worked out in Abu Dhabi a couple of years back and saw one of the local Sheiks put all flights coming into Abu Dhabi International airport into a holding pattern whilst he & his mates blasted down the main runway in their big flash Merc's to the maintenace hangers just to show off his nice new shiny airliner!!........Different world..... |