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[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There’s been enough documented incidents of soldiers drowning in armored vehicles to call it a reasonable fear. Especially if the vehicle rolls over, that can be a very bad situation.