Close Call
Categories: Iraq
So we were on a mission last night on one of the shittier roads we have to go on. Basically this road is along a canal and is a little wider than the MRAP in some places, and a couple of the bridges that we have to cross are pretty bad and narrow, with sharp turns. One of our MRAPS cut the turn a bit short. My and my TC were watching them (this was a night mission, around midnight or so). Suddenly his tail lights literally disappeared and we both said 'Shit, the LT's truck just rolled'! We turned on the search light and I dropped my thermal site and started scanning, and we saw his antennaes, so we knew that the truck was still upright. So we drove closer and saw that the truck was in a ditch. The additional armor that is bolted to the sides of the truck actually saved it from rolling over as the armor was sitting against the other side of the ditch. After about 20 minutes we finally got the truck out and all was well. No one was hurt other than having the crap scared of them. Unfortunately I was too far away from the truck to get some good pictures.
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