In the White House, Obama was driven around in an armored Cadillac limo nicknamed 'The Beast.' In 'Hope Never Dies,' he blows his book deal advance on 'The Little Beast,' a black Cadillac Escalade upgraded with military-grade armor and shocks so good 'you can drive over a land mine and not spill your tea.'
I was in diapers when my parents left me with the babysitter to participate in an armored car robbery. They never came home.
The armored cars of dreams, contrived to let us do so many a dangerous thing.
I can't even go on a spontaneous walk or to a restaurant without armored cars and police, but there is no alternative.
I'm very thankful to live in a country where the government provides my protection - many police and armored cars and safe houses and things like that.
Logistics is the ball and chain of armored warfare.
Whenever in future wars the battle is fought, armored troops will play the decisive role.
The first 'Half-Life' movie treatment pitched to us climaxed with a tearful reunion between enslaved Vortigaunts and their Vortiwives and children. The last one I saw had Black Mesa invaded by a cavalry unit, just so as to feature a scene of bullsquids tearing into armored horses.
Western Mosul is the historic heart of one of the oldest cities in the world. Its narrow streets and alleyways are impassable for armored vehicles.
The armored vehicle manufacturing base is not a light switch that can be turned on and off at will. If we mothball production of systems like the Abrams tank, it will take time and money to get this capability back.
