Why not take a Land Rover?
Just cant understand why they didnt take a land rover.............
too noisey maybe - he explains it a bit in the book but it has been over two years since i read it
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"I won't say a single solitary slovo unless I have my lawyer here. I know the law, you bastards"
Read the books relating to the missione, not just one, but as many as possible.
The whole thing is shrouded in secrecy and there are various versions.
It is a catalogue of errors from start to finish, and there is no shortage of questions and fiction.
Of course there should have been transport.
The decision to not use vehicles was made by the unit itself because first of all only-short wheel base landrovers were available which are basically useless for mission that's supposed to be carried out from a fixed observation position, of course if the dick in charge of the operation hadn't cocked up the LZ at the start of the mission it might have went differently
shareThe essence of a mission like that is secrecy. It's going to be a bit difficult maintaining secrecy if you're tearing around the scenery in a Land Rover.
In any case The Toyota Land Cruiser is much more reliable.
Read "Eye of the storm" by Peter Ratcliffe. This is an acount which is not inflated with Rambo bs.
In fact Land Rovers were used. There were several SAS teams inside Iraq which consisted of three or four Land Rovers armed with everything from machine guns to light anti tank and anti air weapons, and a Mercedes Unimog truck as a carrier for more ammo and other stuff. These units drove and operated at night (no, they they didn't leave too many tyre marks as the Iraqi desert consists mainly of stone, not sand) and took cover throughout the day between rocks and within dried-out river beds, covered by camouflage nets. The Scud launcher vehicles the SAS was hunting operated in the same way.
Bravo Two Zero and one or two other teams were sent into areas that were too flat to hide vehicles throughout the day so small teams on foot were deployed.
Interesting. Thanks for the info.
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