Half Tank
This half tank could use and its four wheels and the two tracks on its sides. When it needs a high speed it lifts the tracks and moves very fast, on paved roads etc, but when it gets stuck in some heavy mud and four wheel drive is not enough it emerges its two tracks and can get out of some heavy swamps. And if the inflated rubber wheels get shot flat or burned down he can also use tracks - the wheels are not necessary when it moves on tracks.
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Beautiful tank we destroyed thousands of them in Afghanistan and around the world. Better yet! It was filled with Russians!!
“We”? Sorry, all armies are inferior to Russia’s
Russians eat you as food.
Hello, black bitch La Russophobe!
hello FAO
Still being a prick? I thought so.
Damn, I haven’t seen you in forever on here.
Ay
Correct yourself. America has destroyed 30 year old out of date second rate export equipment. American tanks have never went up against real stuff and considering what 50 year old RPG 7s are doing to M-1 Abrams in Iraq it wouldn’t be good if they ever met. For either side.
exactly. itd be who’s faster pratically because pretty much theyd each probably go down with a hit each. tons of deaths
I-Eat-Food is a baldy fag
I thought wheel-and-track designs were obsolete by the 1940s?
So was being a cynical bastard.
And what makes you think that your opinion is of interest?
My opinion is worth more than your rant.
Are you suffering from delusions of adequacy? OK, then.
Nice one.
Nothing is ever obsolete, special forces still use crossbows and you can still kill someone with a spear. Soldiers still carry knives for hand to hand combat. This vehicle is a hybrid, it probably serves as a scout and utility vehicle and it defintely has great mobility. I bet it could murder a bunch of tanks immobilized in mud using its superior mobility and a 30mm cannon. It just depends on the situation.
30 mm cannon? It looks to me like short-barrel 76 mm, that wouldn’t penetrate anything resembling real armor.
In any event, the only reliable 30 mm tank killer is GAU A/8 - due to the high mobility of the platform, in no small part.
It looks like if it would have been assembled of bits and pieces found in various Russian army warehouses.
Though on last two pics there undeniably is some similarity to Batmobile.
Soviet Batmobile…
Well, OK, I grant that, it does make some sense for urban warfare and police operations. But if the gov’t is forced to keep peace within the country through the use of armor, does such gov’t have a moral right to exist?
What are you talking about? Man, you really should stop saying the first thing that comes into you head. It makes you sound quite disturbed to say the least
Oh, apparently you don’t have the mental capacity to comprehend a moral argument. So much the better, I can close the discussion early.
“Closing the discussion” is what you do quite often these days, isn’t it? Or rather what you do when you cannot win or at least sustain a credible argument or discussion. So in future, if you are an absolute amature on the issue, just keep your mouth shut and talk about something that your little Neocon brain can actually digest - such as; how many guns you have or how you like to take your Jimmy off road.
Good day.
No, I close the discussion when assorted intellectual midgets (like you) resort to name-calling (case in point: you refer to me above as “neocon”, with no basis for it whatsoever). If you don’t like it, I suggest you refrain from insults and try to make a logical argument every once in a while. And, spare frustrated pervert jokes, too: nobody cares.
You can close your discussion, but not the discussion.
Don`t masturbate our minds..fuck up your shit argues.
Yeah, cry me a river.
Nobody has the incompetence to comprehend your brain puke. Discussion closed.
Calling names again? Haven’t they explained to you in elementary school that it is not an appropriate behavior?
…oh, that’s right, you flunked kindergarten. My bad, sorry.
Hey man, I like your arguments. They are valid.
What the fuck are you talking about? Lay off the jungle juice.
Are you surprised? Daily dose of the Fox news channel would make anyone go mad. After watching it for an hour, I wanted to join the US military and sing Star-spangled banner. And that’s just me..
What’s “Fox News”?
Rupert Murdoch’s own private “news” channel. (sarcasm) It’s great if you want to know what Rupert Murdoch thinks (/sarcasm) but most people in the world think he is insane. You would hate it.
OOOOOOKay… now, who’s that Rupert dude again? Not that I didn’t hear the name somewhere, it’s just I don’t give a shit.
That pretty much sums it up for you doesn’t it?
Sums what up? You’re so lame you can’t even state it. Intellectual midget, so to speak. What-fucking-ever.
Your statement clear enough.
So is your “grammer”.
Don’t watch it then!
Fox News, Russia Today… no sense in wasting your time.
Fox news isnt to blame…. this type of thinking was there before it and will be there after it…fox news is just their medium to spit their lies to eachother. No, his problem is deeper than that…. some childhood issues possibly.
Oh, so now you are the resident psychiatrist? Please do enlighten us all what issues you have in mind… and also what credentials you got.
Hey D, LOL. Jungle juice. Now there is a term I have not heard for many years.
I think i’m gonna drink some tonight. Its been a long week.
Credit for positive comment= 1 gold star @#201 …Weddings.
Urban Warfare, police operation ? Unless you live in Louisianna, you don’t get stuck in mud or swamp really often doing these… brainfart all the way…
Yeah, case in point:
FYI, ain’t nothing like you’ve seen in Russia:
Sapienti sat.
What the fuck? This forum can’t handle HTML? OK, once again for the benefit of uneducated:
Atchafalaya Swamp highway (I-10) in Louisiana: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_10_in_Louisiana
Incidentally, Atchafalaya Swamp ain’t nothing like you see in Russia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atchafalaya_Basin
Major federal highway in Russia:
http://englishrussia.com/?p=315#more-315
Sapienti sat, QED, etc.
For the third time, case in point:
Atchafalaya Swamp highway (I-10) in Louisiana: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_10_in_Louisiana
Incidentally, Atchafalaya Swamp ain’t nothing like you see in Russia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atchafalaya_Basin
Major federal highway in Russia:
http://englishrussia.com/?p=315#more-315
Sapienti sat, QED, etc.
What about those sites?
I think they prove the point that russians need vehicles for various terrains. One could say that the roads are from the 40s, not the vehicles.
Uh-huh, my point, exactly. Now, could you please explain it to Coligny above? Use small words, m’kay?
Actually, only the smallest of police agencies in the U.S. are without an armored vehicle of some sort. Just two weeks ago, one of my neighboors barracaded himself in his home. A small armored vehicle with 10 riot cops showed up and flashbanged the crap out of his house, then drug him off. If a small city is without armor, you can bet that the county they reside in has one or more they can borrow.
Which is really a shame.
That`s not for practical regular APC or whatever.it`s like swiss knife,it has every thing but nothing perfect.the over all performance of this vehicle is compromised.speed,menouverability,weight ratio of engine power,every thing is lacking due to over ambitions of the designers.i think the concept behind this vehicle is totally fucked.another future abandoned russian APC is ready to scrape.
YES, THE ZAF IS BACK!
Yeh! !i`m back again.
For the smart asses , firstly this isnt a tank. Its a recon vehicle.Secondly , its a project from 60’s . So “another future abandoned russian APC is ready to scrape.” is bullshit.
Quite an interesting vehicle.
I want one. That would be great for traffic jams!
Энглишраша-жид пархатый
This is an experimental prototype from the early fifties. The research led to the design of the very succesful, fast and sophisticated BRDM recon vehicles. Now it’s a museum piece.
The Finnish armed forces have not yet purchased a used, over-priced, obsolete version of this combat vehicle so its design might actually be good, or at least mediocre. We buy only crap that others won’t take, or alternatively crap that hasn’t been built yet -and either way, it has to be insanely over-priced.
Fake… photoshop!!
I guess they cover up the ventilation hole in the front [with the nice view of the engine] when things get serious.
Otherwise this thing would be as easy to stop as a bicycle.
what a bad comment by “I-Eat-Food” please don’t such posts.
early hal-tracked GAZ version of BMP-1 IFV, dropped in favor for tracked version.
OK (if commenting on the vehicle is allowed here), I can see this thing as a flat-land vehicle. If something bad happens to all its rubber, and you don’t have to start, stop, or turn, any way but very gently, you might be just fine until you come to a hill.
Then you may have a problem, going up or descending (or shooting). Best regards.
make it a truck or a tank but not both
Good.
One more time: what-fucking-ever…
The gold star is for you.