You Know You Want To... Gorkovsky Zavod BTR-60
We predict a...well, an entirely quiet evening with no trouble at all, provided you've got one of these...
But after what we've seen across the country in the past few days, surely even the most peace-loving of motorists will be in the mood to dish out some justice to the thieving scum who have reduced some parts of our great cities to ashes, and destroyed the livelihoods of the people who helped make these cities great in the first place.
But enough of the problem, here's a solution. Picture one of these magnificent Russian BTR-60s rolling through one of the trouble spots, scattering pea-brained looters in its path and instilling in them the fear they so richly deserve. Now imagine that you're at the wheel.
What we have here are 10.3 tons of 50mph, 18-seater, twin-engined, amphibious, scum-scattering, eight-wheeled mayhem. All it needs is a PH smiley on the back and you're in business.
Developed by the Russians during the cold war, the BTR-60 can be made amphibious at the pull of just one lever (to raise the splashplate and open the two propeller doors). Okay, so the two 90bhp engines give you a power to weight ratio of...umm...just 18.4bhp per ton (...and that's if you run both engines), but that's beside the point.
Of course, there are some people for whom the BTR-60 might be considered a bit of a soft touch for dealing with the problem at hand, and that something less-subtle is needed. We've got you covered there too: how about a tracked BMP-1, like this?
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Just out of interest, what were the armored vehicles the Police eventually used to push back the mob of yobbos?
Themz b tha onez;
They look like they were armored by a 'merkun company. Must have cost a lot considering a normal Police van is £80k a pop! What they spend £80k on in a boggo police van is beyond my comprehension.
Damn handy in the cities too, with the current state of affairs.
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The German Soldiers have called him "Das Eisenschwein" (Ironpig).
It was a full Amphibian Car and Standard by the Nationale Volksarmee (National Peoples Army).
I lived 100 Metres from the Erich Ludendorff Armybase,a former WWII German Armybase occupied
at the end of the War by the Russians and later GDR Volksarmees Homebase with Soldiers from Saxonia.
These guys speaks a special German Dialect and hard for Berlinarea people to understand.
Every Day and Night was here a nervous "Warsituation" and the BTRs and T-55 drive around the
streets for Maneuvergames with the "Friends" from the Russian Army.
Disturbing at night for all sleeping neighbours here but at daytime for us Tankspotting kids
very adventurelike.
50000 BP is a little expensive,and the turret is missing.
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I decided to liven things up a bit when I was given the BTR60 and 70 to do, so I did it in the style of a Car Salesman, highlighting the differences between the L, LX and GLX models, and if you were feeling really flush, the 'Red Square' Limited edition Convertible with whitewall tyres...
Some really enjoyed it, some didn't...guess which side the Staish was on...my RAF career didn't last long
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As for the BTR60, I'd prefer the OT-64; Czech engineering appeals more than Russian.
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