Useless Landrovers: British soldiers wounded by Afghan blast

Three British soldiers have been wounded, two of them seriously, by a roadside explosion in Afghanistan, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

The three were on patrol in the southern province of Helmand when the explosion hit their Land Rover on Monday, and were flown to hospital for treatment, a ministry spokesman said.

"It is suspected that the explosion was caused either by an improvised explosive device or by a land mine," the spokesman said. "Until we establish (the cause) we can't say whether it was a hostile action or whether it was unexploded ordnance."

"One of the injured is walking wounded. Regrettably, the other two soldiers received serious injuries and continue to receive treatment," he said. Read more

Thursday, March 02, 2006
Mr Reid - Why no armored Landrovers for Brits in Iraq?

...My guess is the recently announced deployment of more troops to Afghanistan will see more deaths attributable to the poor protection offered by Landrover 'snatch vehicles'.

Give it time......