Safwan hill from Land rover, british army 2008

[bulletheed1970]

I loved driving the 90 fast up and down that hill in 2004

[lea1mercian]

@bulletheed1970 I hated being top cover on this hill. amazing how the water and drops got up though

[Gillmeister2465]

I did that same journey up safwan hill, from um quasar, with a drops truck,to deliver a generator, some good views of iraq and kuwait from the top of there, a little bit dodgy comming back down..but it was fun..

[mikeypipes618]

made that drive up safwan hil in m1151's its worse at night though

[crusadersunite]

that looks like it would be a nightmare being on top of that hill out the top of a vehicle with all that space for snipers and no cover :S

[bilboardguy]

my dad said 1 of these hit an at mine but it just fulng every body out of it unharmed

[Spraycando]

Many thanks for the vid lea1mercian. Appreciate it. Keep up the good work lads. We think about you & hope you're all keeping as safe as you can be.

[nonchalant4ever]

I've driven to the base of Safwan Hill in an MRAP, I would never take that MRAP up that hill though. It was bad enough riding to the base of the hill.

[lea1mercian]

yeah I know what you mean, the water tankers got up full of water but i would not like to be driving it!! ( was kuwat driver)

[AustinFX4]

The Humvee originally used in Iraq had no armour and US soldiers had to resort to fit DIY armour with scrap metal. Even an armoured Hummvee is not up to job to protect against IEDs. That's why the UK & US military have bought the heavily armoured 6x6 Mastiff to replace the Humvee and Snatch Land Rover.

[3055DOG]

I've got pictures that I took of grunts using humvees with 1980s-style flak jackets attached to the doors with 550 cord.

Whatever works.

[lea1mercian]

would like to see them pics

[lea1mercian]

I love and hate the mastif, love it cos its really good at its job, and hate it cos i was sick of being in one day in day out. still it was good for getting your head down in the back if there was not many in.

[davediesel90]

Snatch was basically taken out of Northern Ireland and put into Iraq, different ballgame. It was fit for purpose in NI but was all there was at the time for Iraq. There was a massive upgrading programme where 20 yr old landrovers were fitted out for duty again after having served what would have been their normal service, they are still going.

[lea1mercian]

Snatch Vrs Humvee then its humvee all the way. the Snatch provides protection for small arms fire and was not designed to take IED blasts or RPG.The Humvee was.

[LukePhillipsWINS]

still humvees cant stand up to RPG hits or most IEDs

[lea1mercian]

I have seen one blown to shit everyone was alive. that was last year.

[jmothersdale]

the humvees I saw in theatre in 2003 Op Telic 1/II were retro fitted with sandbags in the footwell......

[AustinFX4]

The early Humvees in Iraq were soft skinned vehicles and had no ballistic protection for the occupants or top gunner, in comparison the off-the-shelf Snatch Land Rover was streets ahead in providing bullet and blast protection.

[bdfgli]

Defintly driven that a few times. Shared a big green box with you guys.... Scofs on!!! LOL