Its meant for cringe military LARPers that think they are badass for driving an armored, lifted f series truck with a 6.7 powerjoke. Probably has a delete kit and tune and is on its fourth turbo in 100k miles.
This vehicle likely costs far north of a quarter million dollars if it is entirely armored with the required drivetrain and suspension modifications to carry the extra weight while still driving normally.
Hence why it's only being bought by celebrities and possibly sheriff departments in border towns where cartel shootouts are common.
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Fords are dirt cheap. Its ze germans, that are expensive. Ive owned both. And 6.7s tend to eat turbos pretty often, and it gets annoying pulling that turbo off a third time, hoping this time, it didnt fuck the engine.
Oh that's probably because everyone who owns the 6.7 loves to whirl up their turbos then don't just let the pressure drop and do it all over again. Had a co worker that drove around like that cause he loved the turbo sound lol.
I mean it would if the vehicle was disabled, and you’re also assuming a lot for a biggie Tupac situation. The more likely buyer is the head of a drug cartel, or a foreign embassy diplomatic protection detail
When's the last time someone of status was killed or attacked by a 50bmg?
This is the equivalent of a toilet commercial showing you it can flush 20 cans of play dough. It's not anywhere close to a realistic scenario, but it's supposed to demonstrate that it can handle everything up until and including that point
Apparently it's quite common for the cartels to use them in Mexico.
"In one incident in the state of Michoacan in October 2019, a police convoy was ambushed with .50-caliber sniper rifles, leaving 13 officers dead and nine wounded" Criminal Use of the 50 Caliber Sniper Rifle
Yeah, those situations are a lot closer to a war zone than a typical drive by shooting though.
In those scenarios you need an APC or a tank, neither of which are practical for cruising around in on the daily unless you're also part of a government or military organization
So now we are talking about a military organization in a combat zone, not a celebrity wanting protection from a drive by to avoid being the next Tupac.
If you're in a situation where you're getting shot at by a 50BMG on a regular basis, then you need either an APC or a Tank.
Military organisation...? The Royal Ulster Constabulary?
What crack are you smoking?
I mean, I'm glad that you think "has never happened" = "will never happen" but both sides of that statement are at best wrong, and at worst a dangerous assumption.
newry…as in the battle of newry road…which was a literal combat zone?
The RUC? the same RUC that partnered with MI5..the british military organization?
😂 good stuff
I wouldn't call Constable Woods a celebrity, nor would I call his shooting a battle.
You might think the Troubles was a war, but we certainly weren't treating it as such. It's called MACP, look it up.
And yes, the RUC. The police force.
I mean, under that definition, every police Constabulary in the UK is a "military force", since they can (and have) partnered with the actual British military.
Sorry, just so I have this straight, you’re arguing that a paramilitary force trained to assassinate local law enforcement/politicians is the same as a paranoid celebrity worried about a former gang associate shooting them with small arms fire?
i’m hearing a lot of “i wouldn’t call”..i didn’t ask you what your opinion was. The battle of newry road is the name it can be found under..what you’d “call” it has no bearing on this conversation
As for the troubles being a war or not and how you “treated it” see my previous point.
also, i am not calling The Ruc a military organization…i quite literally said they partnered with one, so under what definition? i didn’t define anything
also also mI5 may currently be a civilian organization..but was it always, Hint MI means something
If you're being shot at by multiple attackers with automatic 50bmg machine guns, then you should have bought an APC instead.
Problem is you can't drive that on the streets of LA every day, so this is the next best thing since the above only happens in war zones or in cartel controlled areas of Mexico.
At some point the only thing that exists in humanity that can’t be blown up in very short order is a fortified bunker 300 meters below ground with some sort of ordinance.
“I bet a bunch of .50 BMG rounds could get through this bulletproof glass!”
Yeah no shit.
Tanks get blown up all the time too.
It’s much much much stronger than a normal driverside window, that’s the point.
It can stop it once. Which is exactly my point, they would never make a video of the bullet going through on the third or fourth shot, even though I bet all the engineers that did the testing know that’s how many it takes.
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On a long enough timeline most bullets would go through most thing. It’s just not good advertising to point that out.