Armoured Vehicle Flown PER-BME?

[Andyc]

In an article discussing Armourguard's financial siutation, the Australian Financail Review wrote:

Once a week, for example, an armoured vehicle is loaded onto a plane in Perth and flown to Broome and back again in order to keep cash available in Australia’s remote northwest.

Could this posisbly be right? Does Australia even have civilian freighters of this size?
I can understand higher security freight containers, but transporting a whole truck seems excessive.

For those with an AFR subscription, it's the second last parragraph of this article:

Why there’s a cash crisis at Armaguard

Once a week, an armoured vehicle is loaded onto a plane in Perth and flown to Broome and back again.

www.afr.com

For those without a subscription - 12ft

 

[Scarlett]

Seems strange. Why load the whole armoured vehicle when they really just need a suitable security container? Would the container be too large or heavy to be transported at either end?

 

[flyerof]

yea very weird.

 

[lameyofth]

It’s kinda wild to me how big some MRAPs / trucks are next to some MBTs

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[eric2011]

It’s kinda wild to me how big some MRAPs / trucks are next to some MBTs

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Not everyone knows what "MRAPs and MBTs" are. Can someone enlighten me please

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

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[Must...Fly!]

Sounds implausible.

A consignment of cash with accompanying guard(s) to supervise loading and offloading would be plausible.

high value cargo travels via civilian aircraft regularly in NW WA.

 

[DC3]

MBT = Main Battle Tank

 

[p--and--t]

Not everyone knows what "MRAPs and MBTs" are. Can someone enlighten me please

Dr google is usually helpful

Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicle Program

MRAPs are a family of vehicles produced by a variety of domestic and international companies that generally incorporate a 'V'-shaped hull and armor plating designed to provide protection against mines and IEDs. The DoD, per Joint Service requirements, detailed three categories of MRAP. These...

www.globalsecurity.org

 

[Stewey]

MRAP = Mine Resistant Ambush Protected
Typically a light Tactical Vehicle

 

[SomeRando]

As someone that used to work for the Worlwide Leaders in Currency Management (LOL) a while ago but still have mates there this sounds like a load of tosh but I never bothered to look in to how WA stuff is done. I know here in QLD we would run overnight runs out of Brisbane to western QLD and the truck and firearms would stay overnight at a police station and all the jobs would be stored in a CBA branch vault.

It's not the transport of bulk cash that is the issue, we'd send bags of notes worth millions via commercial aircraft within Australia, and out to places like Nauru, all the time. The issue is doing the deliveries and pickups to businesses in Broome. For that you need a secure vehicle but a full size truck getting flown in and out every week is a ridiculous solution.

Even if they were flying a vehicle it wouldn't be a full size armouraed truck, it would more than likely be a soft skinned van like a Mercedes with lock boxes in the back. Even then I can't imagine the cost is worth it compared to just having a vehicle permanently in Broome and flying the road crew (including their firearms) down as required. As someone else mentioned, is there even a commercial operator locally that can transport vehicles regularly?

Even when I left about ten years ago cash was in severe decline and the business was shrinking. There really is no viable business in moving and processing the small amount of cash in circulation nowdays. I'm not one for the government taking over businesses but at some point cash managment is going to be a dead industry and the government will either have to take it over or subsidise an operator to do it. Do I think Linfox is there yet? No, but it won't be long I don't think.