Royal Marine Pair Killed By Roadside Bomb In Afghanistan Were Travelling In Army's New Armoured Vehicle

From The Daily Mail:

Two Royal Marines whose deaths brought the Afghanistan and Iraq toll to 300 were named today as Robert McKibben and Neil Dunstan.

The pair were on patrol in a new Jackal armoured car when they were hit by a roadside bomb in Garmsir district of Southern Helmand, Afghanistan, on Wednesday afternoon.

The £600,000 vehicle was designed to be mine-resistant and was tested last year by the SAS.

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