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Old April 17th, 2007, 06:50 PM
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Default Re: OOB 06 France - Mech

Comparison with other IFV, like Warrior (24T) or CV90 (26T) let me think that the level of protection of the VBCI has really been underestimated. Only the Marder (33T), the Bradley (30T) and the future Puma (31T up to 43T) among those I saw where of greater weight.
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