The New All Terrain Vehicle

<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060429/wl_nm/brazil_army_dc">Brazil's army drafts water buffalo for Amazon role</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Brazil's army has started drafting a low-tech but effective transporter for its Amazon operations to complement its modern military arsenal — water buffalo.<br />n<br />nThe sturdy horned animals can easily carry supplies and munitions in remote areas where there are no roads, fuel is scarce, or rivers are too shallow to navigate, officers say.<br />n<br />n"The buffalo have had excellent operational results and increased the distances we can cover," General Eduardo Dias da Costa Villas Boas, the chief of the Brazilian Army in the Amazon, said on Friday.<br />n<br />nThey weigh about 500 kg (1,100 pounds) and can carry the same amount, he added.</blockquote><br />n<br />nI'm not to sure I would want one of these models. Pretty ugly if you ask me.<br />n<br />n<b>If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir. William T. Sherman </b><br />n<br />