"Ukraine Is Building Armored Battle Buses" Topic
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| Tango01 | 23 Nov 2014 11:11 p.m. PST |
"Here's how a post-Soviet military improvises when it gets into a war it never prepared for. The Ukrainian army is fielding armored battle trucks that look like something from Mexico or Kurdish Syria. Known as Raptors, the new trucks are for Ukrainian national guard troops fighting pro-Russian separatists in the east. There are several versions, though they're all based on six-wheeled KrAZ trucks—except covered in armored glass and plates capable of stopping 7.62-caliber machine gun rounds. The trucks should also keep their occupants protected from mines that weigh up to 13 pounds…"
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| EJNashIII | 27 Nov 2014 6:28 p.m. PST |
Now, all they need is zombies from Chernobyl to shoot at. |
| Tango01 | 27 Nov 2014 10:48 p.m. PST |
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| cwlinsj | 28 Nov 2014 12:55 a.m. PST |
…and the USA just scrapped 2,000 MRAPs in Afghanistan. Average cost: US$1,000,000 each… |
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