Wyatt the Odd  | 26 May 2011 8:57 p.m. PST |
Actually, one of a new type of vehicle making appearances in Mexico's drug wars: link In any case, we have a (mostly) practical example of what a post-apoc armored vehicle would look like. Wyatt |
| Cacique Caribe | 26 May 2011 9:21 p.m. PST |
Very post-apocalyptic looking!!! Dan
TMP link |
| infojunky | 26 May 2011 9:45 p.m. PST |
Makes me feel almost guilty for what i am doing. Life imitating art and all…. |
| Xintao | 26 May 2011 10:23 p.m. PST |
Here's another: link Pretty cool and scary. Cheers, Xin |
| Major Mike | 27 May 2011 3:50 a.m. PST |
The item on the front bumper looks more like a jack, like ones found on a gooseneck horse trailer, than the "man-ram" the article has labeled it as being. |
| Paul Hurst | 27 May 2011 4:32 a.m. PST |
It wouldn't look out of place in a Mad Max movie. |
| BlackWidowPilot | 27 May 2011 6:35 a.m. PST |
Actually, we've been here before:
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Those "narco tanks" would have been right at home with the Anarchist militias fighting in the streets of Barcelona in 1936 (just add Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun)…
Leland R. Erickson
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| Stealth1000 | 27 May 2011 6:45 a.m. PST |
I think when the zombies comes thses guys are more than ready to take over. |
| Mako11 | 27 May 2011 11:56 a.m. PST |
Interesting, but doesn't look like it would be good for anything other than gaining entrance inside an enemy's building, or perimeter wall, or in breaking out of a police/army cordon, for just a short distance. Looks like it might pop a tire at any moment, given how flat they are from all the weight of the armor. |
| Dragon Gunner | 27 May 2011 5:35 p.m. PST |
It would make for a cool scenario when the drug lord fleeing for his life (ala Scarface) smahes down the garage door and attempts to make his exit through hordes of lightly armed police or federal agents. |
| Mako11 | 27 May 2011 6:24 p.m. PST |
I'd like to be there to see the result, the first time they try to take a turn, at speed….. |
| clkeagle | 27 May 2011 8:44 p.m. PST |
Yeah, I'm guessing there are reasons that this was found abandoned instead of in a shootout. Still disturbs me how far those monsters will go… not a good sign of things to come. chris |
| Goose666 | 29 May 2011 7:56 a.m. PST |
If you look very closely at the one in the first artcile, you can see if has a truck hyrdaulic leg stabliser fitted the front and some specially shapped/designed type deflector/cutter/etc on the roof.. which to me seesm a bit odd, for just a plain old armoured car. I have sneaky suspicion it was specifically built for a job of some kind. Maybe reversing through the border fence or something like that. |
| Grand Duke Natokina | 29 May 2011 10:17 a.m. PST |
It is awfully like the Spanish Civil War armored cars, Leland. They always look like you and got together in your garage, and welded some boiler plates over my pickup truck. |
| BlackWidowPilot | 29 May 2011 11:03 a.m. PST |
"It is awfully like the Spanish Civil War armored cars, Leland. They always look like you and got together in your garage, and welded some boiler plates over my pickup truck."
Do NOT let me get near your pickup, Your Honor:
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All it takes if for me to figure out the whole welding thingee, and your pickup truck will never be the same…
Leland R. Erickson
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