"The Mosquito tracked armoured vehicle" Topic

"At DSA 2014, the Defense Services Asia Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Belarus Company Minotor-Service unveils a new family of tracked armoured vehicle, named Mosquito. This new range of vehicle is based on the 3T Mosquito which is now in service with the Belarus army.

The Mosquito family of vehicles was presented at DSA 2014 in three main variants, a 6 roadwheels tracked suspension, with open-top compartment, a 6 roadwheels tracked suspension with enclosed armoured compartment and a 7 roadwheels enclosed armoured compartment.

The Mosquito is a light tracked vehicle with the engine at the front, the crew compartment in the middle and a troop's/cargo area at the rear…"

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Amicalement
Armand

Interesting. I'd sure hope there was a camera or something in the front of that beastie, because that nose would be a show-stopper when trying to go over a berm, and I've done that in an M113 and M728 CEV (engineering vehicle built on an M60 tank chassis). It isn't any fun!

Glad you consider it interesting my friend.
Good point about the camera.

Amicalement
Armand

Well, having nearly crushed the company First Sergeant once because I crested a rise driving a CEV and didn't know he was on the other side of it in his little Chevy pickup… yeah. He wasn't amused.

In my defense, though, if you're seated underneath the main gun on this beast and looking through three periscopes, I think you can see how hard it would be to see where you're going! The one below is from B Company at my old battalion; I was in A Company.