Afghanistan Pinz pics

jpipes · Post by **jpipes** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 5:49 pm

My Pinz setup as an Allied special operations support truck as seen in Afghanistan and used by US and British specops units. Photo taken at an event to support US troops overseas.

Charles · Post by **Charles** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:39 pm

Interesting,
Why aren't they using the TD version?

jpipes · Post by **jpipes** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:43 pm

They are in great numbers, actually. Far greater than the older models as this one is. This was taken at the Alameda Air Naval Station at an event to support US troops overseas.

David Dunn · Post by **David Dunn** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:41 pm

Nice try.

jpipes · Post by **jpipes** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 12:15 am

With what?

PinzEOD · Post by **PinzEOD** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 3:49 pm

Looks a little too clean for me. Nice idea as a recruiting tool though. Throw some mud and scars on that baby.

David Dunn · Post by **David Dunn** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 8:42 pm

jpipes wrote:With what?

Your original post implied that the pics were of "in service" Pinzes.

You edited it after my post. The Swiss and Austrian Amries are the only ones with any quantity of gas Pinzes, and I believe the Austrian are the only one with 716/18 P80s ( of any quantity).

I doubt that the Brits have any 716/18s earler than P93, other than conversions of some P90s ( and possibly a few P80s) done by ATL. When I last spoke to ATL a little over 2 years ago, they had no upgrade conversion to the TDI from any of the earlier engines

Dave Dunn

jpipes · Post by **jpipes** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 9:38 pm

Right, I edited my post so it did not imply (unintentionally) that it was in service. The truck is my truck and since I can't get my hands on a current issue example it's the next best thing. That being said I'm working it up based on photos and info I have of similar examples that saw service in the Middle East with Allied special operation units.

IA712 · Post by **IA712** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 10:38 pm

What are the make and size of tires you have running on that Pinz?
Looks good.

jpipes · Post by **jpipes** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 2:09 pm

Tires are BFG MT 255/85/R16s.

SteveInNC · Post by **SteveInNC** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:00 am

I like the "traffic calming device" on the passengers side.

BERT · Post by **BERT** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:15 pm

SteveInNC wrote:I like the "traffic calming device" on the passengers side.

We all need one of those

(or two!)