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Well it’s episode 7 of Frontline tonight from 10pm! Here’s what’s coming up:

Mike tests out the armoured patrol vehicle, the LPV400, considered as a replacement for the most controversial and highly publicised combat vehicle on the front line: the Snatch Land Rover or Vixen.

Over the past 7 years, in Iraq and Afghanistan, more British troops have been killed in the Snatch than in any other vehicle.

Is the SPV400 the answer to one of the biggest problems facing the British mission?

Mike also revisits the helicopter and pilot that saved his life, to find out how the pilot, Ian ‘Chompers’ Fortune, managed to fly the Chinook back to Camp Bastion after having been shot in the head.

Featured Battle Machines:

SPV400 – A lightly armoured patrol vehicle.

Warrior (Recovery variant) – The tank used to rescue other, bomb-damaged tanks from the battle field.

Man SVR (8 Wheel Drive Recovery) – The heavy recovery vehicle used to bring bomb-damaged Mastiffs back to base.

MQ-9 Reaper (with Nevada control centre) – The unmanned combat vehicle operated 10,000 miles from the battlefield via satellites

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Hi all,

Tonight from 10pm it’s the 6th instalment of Frontline Battle Machines, in the tonight show:

EPISODE 6 – COMBAT SUPPORT

Mike takes a flight in one of the most versatile, state-of-the-art helicopters, the Merlin, into the heart of one of the most fiercely contested regions of Helmand: The Kajaki Dam.

The Taliban are desperate to win it back from the Allies but supply flights like the one Mike is on ensure that Allied troops have the resources they need to keep the enemy at bay.

He also, at Musa Qal’eh, witnesses an attack on and the recovery of a Mastiff.

Featured Battle Machines:
Lynx – The fastest helicopter in the world, used primarily for troop movements but it can also undertake both medical evacuation and armed over-watch roles

Merlin – The RAF’s latest state-of-the-art, fly-by-wire combat support and supply helicopter.

Jackal – A highly mobile, armed-reconnaissance and attack vehicle, which Mike puts through its paces.

Desert Hawk UAV – A reconnaissance drone, operated by remote control which sends real time pictures of the battlefield back to headquarters.

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Mike joins the troops, as they embark on one of the biggest British offensive of the war – Operation Moshtarak – and head deep into enemy territory to destroy key Taliban strongholds and establish Allied patrol bases.

He gets to test out the equipment being used to counter the Taliban’s most potent weapon, the Improvised Explosive Device (I.E.D), and gets up close and personal with the new British mine clearance vehicle, Trojan.