Gold Seller in Kampong Speu's Oral District Gets Shot Dead by Robbers Armed with AK-47s

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bolueeleh wrote:BTW anyone knows what is the top speed of cambodian patrol boat? gonna do a miami vice style run to drop off some white powdery stuff :beer3:

according to wiki, the fastest is MKII boat or something, top speed 28.5kts, (minus few kts off for years of poor maintenance), seems like most of cambodian navy boats are river boats.
I think their fastest boats were FFPB21's that do about 32kts. However China supplied around 15 boats including a couple of Turya class torpedo patrol fast attack craft capable of 38kts (I think)
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Kuroneko wrote:
bolueeleh wrote:BTW anyone knows what is the top speed of cambodian patrol boat? gonna do a miami vice style run to drop off some white powdery stuff :beer3:

according to wiki, the fastest is MKII boat or something, top speed 28.5kts, (minus few kts off for years of poor maintenance), seems like most of cambodian navy boats are river boats.
I think their fastest boats were FFPB21's that do about 32kts. However China supplied around 15 boats including a couple of Turya class torpedo patrol fast attack craft capable of 38kts (I think)
i think this should do the trick :lol: Image
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bolueeleh wrote:
Kuroneko wrote:
bolueeleh wrote:BTW anyone knows what is the top speed of cambodian patrol boat? gonna do a miami vice style run to drop off some white powdery stuff :beer3:

according to wiki, the fastest is MKII boat or something, top speed 28.5kts, (minus few kts off for years of poor maintenance), seems like most of cambodian navy boats are river boats.
I think their fastest boats were FFPB21's that do about 32kts. However China supplied around 15 boats including a couple of Turya class torpedo patrol fast attack craft capable of 38kts (I think)
i think this should do the trick :lol: Image
Quad verado optimax 300? Maybe 70-75kts? Should be quick enough, if you don't get caught in the crossfire :D
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Bitte_Kein_Lexus wrote:Perhaps, but I highly doubt they're cops. There are definitely weapons around, you see it in the news carrot often. It's just surprising sometimes as getting your hands on anything more than an old Marakov that keeps getting stoppages is rather rare. These guys knew their target and seemed organized. There have been a string of heavily armed robberies or home break-ins lately. These aren't your usual jaos.

Also, it's not true that only HE's bodyguards get new toys. Tons of modern Chinese rifles around for both the military and gendarmerie.
I take your point. l'd say they could perhaps not have been police. But if they weren't, you can be fairly sure that it was the police/ armed forces that rented them their weapons. Probably 1 policeman and 2 of his mates or somwthing. Are you sure that all police have been upgraded?

I remember a case in the CD (2010/11) where robbers were attacking a family home in Kampot. Shot through the building and killed a few people including the kids. Exactly what happens in Kenya all the time. If not police/armed forces then see above. There were a spate of them at the time. The robbers were using AK's that a naval officer rented them.
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