Re: ACE question for John A

At 4:00 PM +0100 8/29/02, Robin Paul wrote:
>I've seen a photo of an ACE prototype being used as a personnel
carrier,
>with troops trotting out of the bucket. Is such a thing ever done in
>reality, or is it just someone's bright idea during trials?  I would
have
>thought the riflemen would be unenthusiastic, and the engineers would
see it
>as a misuse of their machine.

I can sort of see it better than having the infantry roll up on foot.
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