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    Marines unveil stealth boat

    Looks like the bootys have a new toy!

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770

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    Re: Marines unveil stealth boat

    CM, we can't get spares for the boats we have NOW mate!
    The Dutch Navy gets the LCVP's (Mk5) with the better engine than ours because they will pay for it, we get the crap. How long do you think these are going to stay in the water for, assuming that we actually get them?

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    Re: Marines unveil stealth boat

    The important question is..... where do you plug in your iPod?

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    Re: Marines unveil stealth boat

    It'll make a nice gin palace for one of the admirals!

    Goes very fast as well! Very handy for boating around Poole Harbour and a quick trip over to the IOW for lunch and back - all very stealthy of course so no one will know the admiral did it!

    Edited for typo.

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    Re: Marines unveil stealth boat

    Its not very stealthy.. I can see it.

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    Re: Marines unveil stealth boat

    Quote Originally Posted by Ashley
    Its not very stealthy.. I can see it.
    Nah ! that's not it , the real stealth boat is in the background and cant be seen .

    " How often, in the quiet of the darkness, does each of us ask himself;' What the hell does it all mean? What's it all about'?"

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    Re: Marines unveil stealth boat

    That Buzzi boat goes like sh1t off a stick IF it's sea state flat. Start moving anywhere towards sea state mildly bouncy and it gets very unpleasant very quickly.
    "I'll get some more guns sarge." " Yeah, and make 'em big!"

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    Re: Marines unveil stealth boat

    The pic in the article has got to be a Photoshop jobby. It looks very superimposed and for a boat where "The hulls are designed to produce a small wake..." there is a suspicious amount of ogin being thrown up. If it is stalthy it is only because you can't see the boat for all the spray!
    Stores are for storing, otherwise they they would be kept in issuerooms

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    Re: Marines unveil stealth boat

    It's in the '07 MoD Boat Programme (UNCLASS) as the Fast Transit Craft; speed 50 Kt, range 600 Nm. For those with access; http://defenceintranet.diiweb.r.mil....Prog012007.pdf


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    Re: Marines unveil stealth boat

    Nice to see we can still keep things secret lol
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