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From: scott@swindle.Berkeley.EDU (Scott Silvey)
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Subject: Re: Fast Attack Vehical project
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Date: 6 Mar 91 04:38:54 GMT
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From: scott@swindle.Berkeley.EDU (Scott Silvey)
v059l49z@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Paul C Stacy) writes:
|> Back a few years ago the Army was developing the FAV (Fast Attack Vehical).
|> Basically it was a dune buggy with a missile launcher mounted on it.

CNN showed a quick shot of a couple of them.  They were filming special forces
  dropping into the US embassy in Kuwait City when two little black dune
  buggies caught the cameraman's attention as they zipped past him.

They didn't appear to have missiles mounted on them, but they did have two
  machine-gunners pointing forward.  The buggy carried three crew: a driver
  and gunner side-by-side in front; and one gunner a little rearward and above 
  the other two.

In idle, uninformed speculation I would guess that these FAV's are used to
  enable special forces to make quick deep penetrations behind enemy lines. 
  Don't know about their noise and range though.  Perhaps they might be ideal
  during the night in the desert

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