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   Message 44,722 of 45,986   
   Thomas Koenig to MrAnderson   
   Re: Armoured vehicle for colonies on ter   
   27 Dec 16 16:22:02   
   
   From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   MrAnderson  schrieb:   
      
   > Hi guys, so what do you think would be best lightly armoured amd   
   > lightly armed vehicle for outer worlds? I am assuming planets were   
   > terraformed, and are like wild west, so not big population density,   
   > some bigger cities and many more smaller, a lot of rural areas,   
   > and rough terrain.   
      
   The biggest question always is logistics - how do you get spare parts,   
   how do you get fuel, how do you get ammunition?   
      
   Apart from that, what should its mission be?  Reconnaisance?   
   Suppression of armed insurrections?  Transport?   
      
   All that aside, it could look something like this:   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sp%C3%A4hpanzer_Luchs   
      
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