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‘Fantastic news’: Ford welcomes ICE plan to order Ontario armoured vehicles (globalnews.ca)

submitted 3 days ago by CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works to c/ontario@lemmy.ca

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[–] GuyIncognito@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

We sent a bunch of these to Ukraine. They didn't perform well - got stuck in the mud easily, the armour wasn't sufficient for the threats, and the height didn't help with not getting hit. They're appropriate for colonial policing operations, which is why they're perfect for ICE, provided the Minnesotans start shooting back

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Don't suppose you could elaborate on those weaknesses.

[–] GuyIncognito@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

If the fine people of Minnesota have access to RPGs or high calibre machine guns, it may as well be made of butter