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Old 20-01-14, 15:55
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Terry Warner
 
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Originally Posted by Scott Bentley View Post
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This thing gets my vote for the worst vehicle ever to be used by the CAF.
I would echo Scott - the parking brake is off when it is up; the shifter won't move into gear if the RPMs are too high; no Park on the transmission; the fuel tank is effectively empty below half, because of where the fuel pickup is situated; the killer spare tire mount (subsequently changed); and the obligatory preheater run to start in cold weather.

This procurement was written up in Scott Taylor's book Tarnished Brass (?) as an example of how to screw up military procurement - and stiff the troops with political expedient solutions for unsolveable problems for decades.
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