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Post by corsair67 on Nov 27, 2006 14:09:21 GMT 12
Are they talking about a LOV or a LAV?  ? Army truck sinks in Waimakariri River27 November 2006 Kim Thomas at Waimakariri. Three soldiers had to swim for their lives after an army truck sank in the Waimakariri River today. The soldiers, based at Burnham, managed to escape from the LAV (light army vehicle) as it sank during a training exercise at the river, north of Christchurch. "It was quite freaky, all of a sudden we dipped and started floating and we knew that we had to bail out," Private Matthew Noye, one of the three on board, told The Press. Witnesses said the truck hit a hole and the vehicle began to float. The engine cut out and the vehicle drifted into the middle of the river where the water was deeper and it began to sink. At least 75 percent of the truck is under water and the river levels are rising steadily. Army personnel are attempting to retrieve the vehicle but conditions are poor, with thunderstorms and rain lashing the area. |
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Post by Barnsey on Nov 27, 2006 14:36:27 GMT 12
Isn't LAV Light Armoured Vehicle?
In the army's haste to get these things while still in favour with Our Glorious Leader, they overlooked the need to buy the amphibious version....
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Post by Barnsey on Nov 27, 2006 15:03:27 GMT 12
Press report updated:
The soldiers, based at Burnham, managed to escape from the LOV (light operating vehicle) as it sank during a training exercise at the river, north of Christchurch.
Isn't LOV Light Operational Vehicle?
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Post by corsair67 on Nov 27, 2006 15:11:59 GMT 12
Is that now a late LOV? ;D
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Post by Bruce on Nov 27, 2006 15:34:36 GMT 12
its a Pinzgauer - did they forget to put the plug in?
Leave the floating to the Navy, flying to the airforce, crashing to the Army.....
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Post by corsair67 on Nov 27, 2006 18:59:27 GMT 12
Maybe the Pinzgauers aren't as indestructable as they're supposed to be?  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 27, 2006 19:13:37 GMT 12
I wonder if they plan to retrieve it now or wait till the dry weather sees the river drop.
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Post by beagle on Nov 27, 2006 19:16:57 GMT 12
one of the weekend casual drivers from work is a driver instructor on them at burnham, I should see him on saturday so will ask what happened etc
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 27, 2006 22:16:39 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 28, 2006 15:44:06 GMT 12
www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10412789Army begins probe into Pinzgauer's river sinking 1.00pm Tuesday November 28, 2006 An army investigation is under way into how an all-terrain vehicle became stuck in the Waimakariri River yesterday, forcing three soldiers to swim for their lives. The $300,000 Pinzgauer light operational vehicle was on driver training manoeuvres in the fast-flowing Canterbury river yesterday afternoon when it drove into a hole while crossing the river about 1km upstream from the State Highway 1 bridge. The female driver and two male passengers from Burnham military camp, south of Christchurch, had to swim about 40m to the riverbank. Major Denise Mackay, of army public relations, said the Pinzgauer became unbalanced when it drove into the hole and the engine cut out. "The vehicle then got caught in the current and started to get pulled into deeper water," she said. "That's when the soldiers did what they were meant to do and bailed out and got themselves to shore." Maj Mackay said officers from the Third Landforce Group at Burnham were investigating. Soldiers recovered the damaged Pinzgauer late yesterday afternoon after it had drifted about 50m downstream and became lodged on a sandbank. The routine investigation that followed any accident involving an army vehicle would focus on whether all procedures had been followed and all safety measures taken during the exercise. Maj Mackay said braided rivers, such as the Waimakariri, offered a "good opportunity for drivers to practice their skills". The Waimakariri, swollen from heavy rain in the Southern Alps over the last several days, was flowing at around 230 cubic metres a second but was not considered dangerous, an Environment Canterbury spokesman said. "Where they normally drive may have been scoured out," Maj Mackay said. "Obviously, they wouldn't have known there was a big hole there." - NZPA www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10412789
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Post by phil82 on Nov 28, 2006 16:14:35 GMT 12
Findings of Inquiry:
Floaty-type things are called ships and are used by the Navy.
Army vehicles are not floatation capable" i.e. They do not float.
Do not use Army Vehicles in water too deep to walk on.
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Post by corsair67 on Nov 28, 2006 17:10:38 GMT 12
Women driver - I'm not touching that one! ;D
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