The role of logistics can not be excluded from the various wars that raged in various parts of the world. The supply of logistics supported by the transport vehicle is tough.
Who knew if the artificial Toyota pickup playing an important role in the history of warfare. So Hilux model is most often used for freight logistics in combat. This model itself has been born since 1968, never imagined before if Hilux so subscription war.
Reported by autoevolution, Toyota Hilux was first used in battle in 1972 by Libya. Countries in the north of the African continent is expanding Aouzu are still a part of Chad because they want to dredge uranium. Open conflict between Libya and Chad formally broke out six years later or in 1978.
The war between the two countries in Africa have reached its peak in early 1987. The French were previously so the authorities of Chad to give military aid to 10 thousand soldiers and 400 Toyota pickup.
The reason France supplying Hilux considered because they were cheaper than the Humvee. With the military support of such magnitude , Chad troops managed to hit military force Libyan army. Libyan armored brigade in Fada has lost 784 soldiers, 92 T - 55 battle tanks and 33 infantry fighting vehicles BMP - 1.
Losses suffered by Chad camps that 18 soldiers were killed and three units of Toyota Hilux destroyed. Retaliation launched by the Libyan military to the Chadian army failed because mobility capabilities possessed Hilux. International Court of Justice in 1994 and then decide if the claim against territory Aouzu Libya ended and returned to be part of Chad.
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