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Why not just hitch a bunch of trucks together and have a tank pull the stuff
instead of destroying it ???1SG PANTANO
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From: James Burrill <jburrill@dttus.com>
To: Military Vehicles List <mil-veh@uller.skylee.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2000 11:40 AM
Subject: [MV] Car Crushing: Bad Idea?
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> This is not a rehash of the "What Make of Car do we Crush", but I
> wonder if the crushing event at the public shows is something that we
> might want to re-consider.
>
> I don't want to over-react to the M-60 issue, but the fellow who
> mentioned how often Fox viewers have seen the episode has a point
> worth noteing.
>
> I have had that thrown at me more than a few times when I have
> mentioned my "Tank" (bren gun carrier) to co-workers.
>
>
> I think 99% of spectators would never connect a tank crushing a dead
> car at a MV event to a Psycho stealing a National Guard tank, but it
> would be our sorry luck that the 1% who did would get a picture to
the
> media.
>
> What alternate kind of event could we put on for the spectators?
> Crushing stacks of 55 Gal drums? Pushing through a cinderblock wall?
>
> I know most event sites don't have the ability to create an obsticle
> course like Beltring.
>
> Sorry I don't have a good solution to a problem, but there it is.
>
> Do we do anything about it?
>
> Cheers
> Jim Burrill
>
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