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    ROFLCopter? Triceracopter? No, It's The TriceROFLcopter!

    US Army To Lease 4,000 Electric Vehicles, Swap Slogan For "An Army Of Nerds"

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    Image of Stitchopoulis Stitchopoulis
    07/13/09

    In reply to ROFLCopter? Triceracopter? No, It's The TriceROFLcopter!
    That's our only line of defense against tyrannosaurs in f-14s
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    07/13/09

    In reply to ROFLCopter? Triceracopter? No, It's The TriceROFLcopter!
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    07/13/09

    @Dr.Danger owns the city turkeys: For once, Sealab's Chopper Dave would be appropriate, I can't find a decent image, and I am way too lazy to pull out the dvds for a screencap.





    Damn.
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    07/13/09

    @TV's Paul Y.:
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    07/13/09

    In reply to ROFLCopter? Triceracopter? No, It's The TriceROFLcopter!
    Here there be Triceracopters
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    Image of philibuster philibuster
    07/13/09

    In reply to ROFLCopter? Triceracopter? No, It's The TriceROFLcopter!
    It's probably too heavy to fly, but damn if it could...
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    Image of eggwich del fiero eggwich del fiero
    07/13/09

    In reply to ROFLCopter? Triceracopter? No, It's The TriceROFLcopter!
    That's an impressive work, and clearly delineates the line between "artists with representation that show in galleries" and "Gawker artists trying to sell their senior projects and pics from the dorms."


    Plus, it highly resembles that one triceratops Dinobot.
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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    12/02/08

    In reply to US Army To Lease 4,000 Electric Vehicles, Swap Slogan For "An Army Of Nerds"
    Forget Tesla, Electrical purchasing on this scale is a damned good way of keeping Circuit-City afloat.


    Second floor Vacuums, Refrigerators, Armoured Personnel Carriers, Trash Compactors....

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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    12/02/08

    In reply to US Army To Lease 4,000 Electric Vehicles, Swap Slogan For "An Army Of Nerds"
    This is a much better plan for keeping Tesla afloat than the $400M in loans.
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    Image of Senor Dos y Do Senor Dos y Do
    12/02/08

    In reply to US Army To Lease 4,000 Electric Vehicles, Swap Slogan For "An Army Of Nerds"
    Coming soon to a United States Armed Force near you: replace the B-52 with gigantic bomber-hang-gliders! We is a mean green fighting machine!
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    Image of Amalgamated Stainless Headers, est.1978 Amalgamated Stainless Headers, est.1978
    12/02/08

    @Senor Dos y Do: Nazi Gigant gliders were used in WWII for silent troop transport and cargo. Very short range, and it required several tow planes to launch them. Extremely dangerous for all involved. Pretty cool.


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    Image of acarr260 acarr260
    12/02/08

    @The Name's Ash78, Housewares: I'm digging the attitude of that comment - kind of like saying "well, the odds against dying in this contraption are not good at all, so naturally I approve of this conveyance."
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    Image of Amalgamated Stainless Headers, est.1978 Amalgamated Stainless Headers, est.1978
    12/02/08

    @acarr260: I think that could be applied to about half of the Nazi vehicles, especially towards the end of the war. They had the best toys, but thankfully, some of the worst leadership.


    I remember being about 7 years old and drawing the most badass things I could envision. Then I'd show them to my dad and he'd go grab a book and show me something the Germans or Russians had done 50 years earlier.

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    Image of clinto clinto
    12/02/08

    In reply to US Army To Lease 4,000 Electric Vehicles, Swap Slogan For "An Army Of Nerds"
    This is a pretty good idea.


    As a frequent buyer of surplus, I get to see all sorts of silliness on military bases all over the Southeast. My favorite is the Airmen at Warner Robins Air Force Base using Deuce and a halves (14K lb. trucks that get about 8 mpg) as runabouts.


    Fort Gillem (next to Fort MacPherson) use CUCV's (full size 1/2 ton Chevy Blazers and 1 ton pickups) with diesel engines as runabouts. These are vehicles that virtually never leave the base.


    I think the above vehicles are a step in the right direction.

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    Image of Deadzone Deadzone
    12/02/08

    In reply to US Army To Lease 4,000 Electric Vehicles, Swap Slogan For "An Army Of Nerds"
    So now we gonna start invading asian countries for their batteries?
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    Image of acarr260 acarr260
    12/02/08

    @Deadzone: @clinto: I think you just want the chance to buy one of these for cheap in 5 years... oh... and I agree.
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    Image of clinto clinto
    12/02/08

    @acarr260: All joking aside, I believe we are witnessing the end of surplus military vehicles being available to the public. The military is in the process of ridding itself of all their M44 and M809 series vehicles, the M39's are mostly gone. CUCV's are on their way out as well. I think once they are gone, that's gonna' be that.


    I think in the future, the military will either send these vehicles to FMS (Foreign Military Sales) or scrap them.

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    Image of acarr260 acarr260
    12/02/08

    @clinto: I would imagine that you're right - especially since we are way more spread-out than we have been in the past.
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    Image of layabout layabout
    12/02/08

    In reply to US Army To Lease 4,000 Electric Vehicles, Swap Slogan For "An Army Of Nerds"
    Stop your moaning!
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    12/02/08

    In reply to US Army To Lease 4,000 Electric Vehicles, Swap Slogan For "An Army Of Nerds"
    The Few..The Proud...The Smug...The Marines?!
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    Image of LTDScott LTDScott
    12/02/08

    In reply to US Army To Lease 4,000 Electric Vehicles, Swap Slogan For "An Army Of Nerds"
    I guess it wouldn't have been kosher to just stick an electric motor in a Honda T500. Go 'Murrican.


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    Image of Amalgamated Stainless Headers, est.1978 Amalgamated Stainless Headers, est.1978
    12/02/08

    In reply to US Army To Lease 4,000 Electric Vehicles, Swap Slogan For "An Army Of Nerds"
    I think one good thing to reduce military fuel usage would be to get our military out of most of the 100-some-odd countries we're stationed in. Also, the Iraq thing, but that's already a moving train.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    12/02/08

    @The Name's Ash78, Housewares: Agreed.
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    Image of layabout layabout
    12/02/08

    In reply to US Army To Lease 4,000 Electric Vehicles, Swap Slogan For "An Army Of Nerds"
    But if a war breaks out within a 20 mile radius, you guys will kick ass.
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    Image of Amalgamated Stainless Headers, est.1978 Amalgamated Stainless Headers, est.1978
    12/02/08

    @layabout: COTD nom.
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    12/02/08

    @layabout: COTD, right there.
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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    12/02/08

    @layabout: No further comment required. Nailed it.
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    12/02/08

    @layabout: Whoop, there it is. COTD that is.
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