One sweet ride
December 11th, 2012
Yesterday, our buddy, Susan Katz Keating asked what this was. Turns out that it is a homemade tank built by Syrian rebels;
Nice Sony Playstation controls for the machinegun, huh? Seems like a lot of work to get a machinegun into the action, though. But it is marginally better than the Egyptian helmet thing we saw last year.
Thanks to Raoul for the link to Weasel Zippers.
December 11th, 2012 at 9:54 am
Hey, WTF, a little paint and it’s a go!
December 11th, 2012 at 9:56 am
One well placed M72A2 LAW and this thing will be a bigger pile of scraps than it already is.
December 11th, 2012 at 10:05 am
You now have The A-Team theme song playing on your head.
December 11th, 2012 at 10:17 am
Ingenuity….okay then! I bet it’s real fun changing out a flat tire too, lol.
December 11th, 2012 at 10:29 am
Does it say ” Eat Me ” on the side?
December 11th, 2012 at 10:29 am
I hesitate to disparage this too much, too fast. It could be that facing lightly armed infantry, it has some use. I realize I’m almost 70 years behind the times, but for comparison I offer you the homemade ‘armored’ cars, buses, and trucks used by the Israelis in the 1940s. The road from Bab al Wad/Shaar Hagai is lined with the remains of these vehicles that were used to break the siege of Jerusalem. Today they are memorials to the desperation, ingenuity, and bravery of the early Israeli fighters. It looks here like the Syrian rebels are working on a similar mindset, and I wouldn’t discount it too fast. It might have morale-boosting value, even if the actual military value is slim.
December 11th, 2012 at 10:35 am
Yaba daba do!
December 11th, 2012 at 10:55 am
It’s the Urban Assault Vehicle from “Stripes”!
Too cool! I want one! Where do I order it?
December 11th, 2012 at 11:06 am
This is amazing! Where in the world did the Syrians find an original Zamboni machine? Hell, I didn’t even know they had a hockey team. Too cool.
December 11th, 2012 at 11:26 am
…and somewhere in Syria, a Falafel Hut is missing its dumpster.
December 11th, 2012 at 12:00 pm
Such a work of genius! I am in awe of their scrap-heap-fu. And thank you, JL, for the linky-thingy! {hugs}
December 11th, 2012 at 12:26 pm
is that parts from some of our torn up vehicles
December 11th, 2012 at 12:48 pm
I could use that each time I drive to the Post Exchange at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn.