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A technical armed with a ZU-23 autocannon operated by the Free Syrian Army during battles against Islamic State in the eastern Qalamoun Mountains, southern Syria, 2017. An improvised fighting vehicle is an ad hoc combat vehicle resulting from modified or upgraded civilian or military non-combat vehicle, often constructed and employed by civilian insurgents, terrorists, rebels, mobsters ...
A Zhongxing Grand Tiger technical with a mounted FN MAG during the First Libyan Civil War. A technical, known as a non-standard tactical vehicle (NSTV) in United States military parlance, is a light improvised fighting vehicle, typically an open-backed civilian pickup truck or four-wheel drive vehicle modified to mount SALWs and heavy weaponry, such as a machine gun, automatic grenade launcher ...
The Armadillo was an extemporized improvised armoured fighting vehicle produced in Britain during the invasion crisis of 1940–1941. Based on a number of standard lorry (truck) chassis, it comprised a wooden fighting compartment protected by a layer of gravel and a driver's cab protected by mild steel plates.
Improvised fighting vehicles: Improvised fighting vehicle: Syrian opposition: Examples are the Sham 1 armored pickup truck and the Sham 2 armored car used by the Al-Ansar Brigade. [135] Streit Cougar [citation needed] Infantry mobility vehicle Canada: Streit Typhoon [citation needed] MRAP Canada: Safir [citation needed] Off-road military light ...
A narco tank, also called rhino trucks or monstruos (Spanish for 'monster'), is a type of improvised fighting vehicle used by drug cartels. [2] The vehicles are primarily civilian trucks with improvised vehicle armour , which adds operational mobility , tactical offensive , and defensive capabilities when fighting law enforcement or rivals ...
The IRA fitted vehicles, specially vans and trucks, with both types of weapons. Vans, trucks and tractors were modified to transport concealed improvised mortars to a launch area near the intended target and fire them, [1] while light and heavy trucks were employed as firing platforms mounting machine guns, particularly M60s and DShKs. [2]
Pages in category "Improvised armoured fighting vehicles" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A gun truck of the type used in Iraq, based on an M939 five-ton truck. A gun truck is an armored vehicle with one or more crew-served weapons, typically based on a military truck. Gun trucks often have improvised vehicle armor, such as scrap metal, concrete, gravel, or sandbags, which is added to a heavy truck.