The Wider View: British Soldiers And Their Jackals In The Afghan Desert

British soldiers receive a briefing in Helmand province, flanked by their new Jackal patrol vehicles
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From The Daily Mail:

Soldiers using the Army’s new Jackal patrol vehicles meet for a briefing in the Eastern Desert of Afghanistan’s Helmand Province.

The men from 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards know the £600,000 Jackal, based on a 17ft 8in truck chassis, is better than its predecessor, the Snatch Land Rover, in terms of firepower, agility and its range of 500 miles.

Snatch Land Rovers were labelled ‘mobile coffins’ because of their vulnerability to roadside bombs.

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