While surfing the Internets, I found a picture of an unknown version (to me at least) of the Russian MT-LB troop carrier.
It appears to have a new kind of antenna array, and a rapid exit ramp for the troops.
I'm not sure about the camouflage, though... seems to me it wouldn't work very well. Maybe I don't recognize the environment it was designed to blend in to.
While I doubt GHQ will make a model of this, I imagine that much of it could be done with a small sheet of photo-etched brass.
Comments welcome...
Regards,
Tom Stockton
"Well, I've been to one World's Fair, a picnic, and a rodeo, and that's the stupidest thing I ever heard come over a set of earphones. You sure you got today's codes?"
Not to pick nits but I think its a BTR-50. I actually think its perfect urban assault for a-symetric warfare. Can you imagine the collateral damage calculation for a strike against this thing. Is it military? is it civilian? Are they using human shields? Are the child soldiers using this for training? Huge potential for mistakes.
Paul
“It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.â€
― George Orwell, 1984
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
- George Orwell
I believe, if I recognize those markings, that vehicle belongs to the People's Republic of Gullah Gullah Island.
The photo below, taken of the Island's dictator and his family, shows that the color scheme would be perfect.
As you can see, their beach sand is a warm yellow, much like that AFV's, and although the grass near grass is a bit dull in color, the distant mountains are very close to the green in this vehicle's paint job.
Its a sniper rifle, not a "sniper"! You don't call an assault rifle an "assault"!
First Command Master Gunnery Staff Sergeant Major First Class of the Army (1CMGSSMFCOTA, E-25)
av8rmongo and piersyf -- i think you're correct on the BTR-50M; I did a quick glance and the road wheels, the low profile and the long, flat back deck, and reached the wrong identification too soon.
HKurban,I believe you've found it -- the picture I found must have been taken at the paint shop after being finished but before being delivered to Gullah Gullah. I wonder if there is a section of Gullah Gullah that is predominantly "pink" in color -- I think I also saw a T-34 painted in a pink scheme...
Regards,
Tom Stockton
"Well, I've been to one World's Fair, a picnic, and a rodeo, and that's the stupidest thing I ever heard come over a set of earphones. You sure you got today's codes?"
I think that is one of the last top secret projects of the Soviet Army. It is a very smart deception, intented to be used in the final assoult over Europe, in particular in the battle for Eurodisney. The vehicles should be shipped via rail some weeks before the attack, and then manned by Spetnatz troops under cover, working as Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck.
Ars & Mars
Military vehicles are beautiful because they are built from functional designs which make them real, solid, without artifice. The short timers
Erst wägen, dann wagen (first consider, then risk) von Moltke the Elder
Looks like the People's Republic of Gullah Gullah Island Army is on maneuvers this week...
Regards,
Tom Stockton
"Well, I've been to one World's Fair, a picnic, and a rodeo, and that's the stupidest thing I ever heard come over a set of earphones. You sure you got today's codes?"
NO! NO! NO! This is a cross posting! Shame on you Tom. I saw this on the FTD website at Valentione's Day. You obviously cut off the caption that read "We'll absolutely get your flowers there overnight if it kills us, kills you or kills anyone else that gets in our way."
Paul
“It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.â€
― George Orwell, 1984
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
- George Orwell
