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Dog that stormed Osama''s compound had tactical body armour


Washington, May 20 (ANI): The revelation of ''America''s most courageous dog'' that served alongside the 80 Navy SEALs during the hunting operation of Osama bin Laden, has focussed people''s attention on how the military uses tactical body armour around the body of such war dogs to allow them to operate efficiently in a tactical situation, and remain connected.

Last year, the military spent 86,000 dollars on four tactical vests to outfit Navy Seal dogs.

The SEALs hired Winnipeg, Canada-based contractor K9 Storm to gear up their four-legged, canine partners, which it has used in battle since World War I. K9 Storm''s flagship product is the 20,000-30,000 dollars.

The tactical body armour is wired with a collapsible video arm, two-way audio, and other attachable gadgets, Today Tech reports.

"Various special ops units use the vest, including those in current headlines. It is much more than just body armor," Mike Herstik, a consultant with International K-9 who has trained dogs from Israeli bomb-sniffing units to the Navy SEALs, said.

To make them stay connected in difficult situations, high-definition camera is mounted on the dog''s back, and the handlers can see what the dog sees, using handheld monitors.

Jim Slater, who co-founded K9 Storm with his wife Glori, says footage is stable because the entire module is sewn into the vest. Besides, the camera adjusts automatically to night vision during unpredictable light conditions, like middle-of-the-night missions, and the lens is protected by impact-resistant shielding. It is also waterproof.

The armour itself protects against shots from 9mm and .45 magnum handguns.

In Abbottabad, the patented load-bearing harness would have enabled a Navy SEAL handler to rappel from the helicopter with his dog strapped to his body. Once in the compound, the dog could run ahead to scout as the handler issued commands through an integrated microphone and speaker in the armor. The proprietary speaker system enables handlers to relay commands at low levels to the dog.

.45 MAG ?

MUST BE SECRET NEW ROUND

SEAL canine capabilities
sure arent any more...

btw

they also train dolphins
to plant limpet mines on hulls
and ram enemy divers with harpoons
in man's ongoing domestication efforts

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outstanding wit sir

but do gs are common in the stan...

so much so they take over at night

making even Kabul dangerous

without a sturdy club

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Someone told me they have steel teeth too.

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quite correct...

stainless steel caps on their teeth

the better to penetrate to the bone

without chipping my dear

said the big bad wolf descendant

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MONSTER

fulll blood afghan hounds like you pictured are seldom seen

there are more in Denver suburb Aurora than all of the stan

dogs there are mongrels resembling a cross between rhodesian ridgebacks and chows

not pretty but aggressive as hell

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CgDs

thanks for for the link

good to know cause it says

Thompson has a barrel for it

and the Thompson Contender

is my favorite hunting piece
with a 4x Leopold scope

got 22, 556, 44 mag barrels
that interchage in 30 seconds
and it is high quality made in USA
guaranteed for life

just like my zippo

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have had some wildcat barrels for the TC myself

but wasnt in to fire forming cartridges for the 357 Herret

and Winchester256 Magnum just didnt ring my bell

if somebody sold the the 357 herret round by the case

for a decent price just might reconsider that sweet round

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my first TC was a .35

good deer round very popular with native americans for deer.

got it from a force recon sniper of the native variety.

traded him a ww2 luger for it.

dumb move.

but had 2 of them.

now dont have either.

sigh.