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Posted: 11/7/2020 10:07:01 PM EDT
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Rooski stuff thread
Great photos from WWII World War One Photo Thread  A glowing hot Swiss Army Panzer 68 hull being heat treated in an oil bath, at an Eidgenoessische Konstruktionswerkstaette facility in Thun, Switzerland, 1977. |
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Posted: 11/23/2020 9:33:23 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Banshee35]
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That’s a British Chieftain
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Posted: 11/23/2020 9:44:23 AM EDT
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1974 Steyr-Puch Pinzgauer 712M. This one isn't ours but is like the one I'm working on. It's gonna be a hoot. I got the rat's nest out of the engine, replaced all the brakes, now am working getting the master cylinder and brake booster changed out. Make it go and stop, then start on the rest.
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Posted: 11/23/2020 11:29:19 AM EDT
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American AAI RDF Block 2 tank, AKA the "Elke", testing the extreme versatility of it's new oscillating gun on an M551 Sheridan hull. Crew was reduced to two with the totally unmanned turret.
  
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Posted: 11/23/2020 11:33:22 AM EDT
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Similar concept
Swedish experimental UDES XX 5 articulated tank   
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Posted: 11/23/2020 1:23:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Forest: Swedes definitely take the blue ribbon for creative reuse. However I got to m wonder how effective they would be. The turrets on wheels would be neat against landing craft or LST. But the ones at the airfield? How would they stop the fighter bombers sent to crater the landing strip, or were they there to stop ground soldiers w/I armor or air support? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Forest: Originally Posted By swede1986: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/135411/1528103014369_jpg-1694727.JPG We also took old tank turrets and stuck them in the ground. This pic is of a turret defending an airfield. Swedes definitely take the blue ribbon for creative reuse. However I got to m wonder how effective they would be. The turrets on wheels would be neat against landing craft or LST. But the ones at the airfield? How would they stop the fighter bombers sent to crater the landing strip, or were they there to stop ground soldiers w/I armor or air support? The Russians were expected to drop paras on airfields. After capture they would use the fields for themselves to stage air attacks in Northern Europe and over the North Sea. The turrets would be useful against light airborne units. |
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Posted: 11/23/2020 1:24:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Forest: Only if you plan to use the field, otherwise they tend to get visited by cruise missiles and light bombers. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Forest: Originally Posted By 58Teague: Airfields tend to attract paratroopers. It seems like it would fit it's role nicely as perimeter defense. Only if you plan to use the field, otherwise they tend to get visited by cruise missiles and light bombers. The USSR didn't have much precision bombing capability back in the day. |
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Posted: 11/23/2020 1:59:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By swede1986: The USSR didn't have much precision bombing capability back in the day. Doesn't take precision, even a ww2 German Stuka could crater the runways or drop cluster munitions on parked aircraft. Maybe no missiles in the 50s, but aircraft were a threat. But if paratroopers were a significant threat, the turrets make sense. |
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Posted: 11/23/2020 3:25:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Forest: Doesn't take precision, even a ww2 German Stuka could crater the runways or drop cluster munitions on parked aircraft. Maybe no missiles in the 50s, but aircraft were a threat. But if paratroopers were a significant threat, the turrets make sense. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Forest: Originally Posted By swede1986: The USSR didn't have much precision bombing capability back in the day. Doesn't take precision, even a ww2 German Stuka could crater the runways or drop cluster munitions on parked aircraft. Maybe no missiles in the 50s, but aircraft were a threat. But if paratroopers were a significant threat, the turrets make sense. Cratered runways are pretty easy to repair, or you can use a road. Aircraft were either camoflaged or in shelters.  Attached FileSame for ships and subs.  Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 11/23/2020 4:13:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By swede1986: Cratered runways are pretty easy to repair, or you can use a road. Aircraft were either camoflaged or in shelters. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/135411/1564584304084_jpg-1698259.JPG Are we talking 1950s or 1970s? I thought the Draken were the 1950s planes, the one your showing is the later Viggen(sp?). The Draken was a sweet looking plane with a great name. |
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Posted: 11/23/2020 5:07:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Forest: Are we talking 1950s or 1970s? I thought the Draken were the 1950s planes, the one your showing is the later Viggen(sp?). The Draken was a sweet looking plane with a great name. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Forest: Originally Posted By swede1986: Cratered runways are pretty easy to repair, or you can use a road. Aircraft were either camoflaged or in shelters. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/135411/1564584304084_jpg-1698259.JPG Are we talking 1950s or 1970s? I thought the Draken were the 1950s planes, the one your showing is the later Viggen(sp?). The Draken was a sweet looking plane with a great name. Underground shelter were used with Tunnan, Lansen, and Draken as well.   
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Posted: 11/23/2020 6:15:56 PM EDT
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Georgian Didgori- 3 gun MRAP
 
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Posted: 11/23/2020 6:16:49 PM EDT
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Belarusian combat trike
 
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Posted: 11/23/2020 7:14:12 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/23/2020 7:35:58 PM EDT
[Last Edit: birdbarian]
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....post 1945. I've been day drinking. Forgive me ARFCOM, I'll post something appropriate
Back in the 80s, the Ticonderoga Cruisers were arguable the most capable surface ships in the world. My rating, DS, which had always been central to running and fixing the gear that allowed things to be tracked and dealt with, wasn't even on the most advanced surface ship. Kinda blew my mind at the time, but my rating got dissolved in the early 90s like so many others. Time marches on.   
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Posted: 11/24/2020 5:39:59 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/24/2020 5:50:31 PM EDT
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 ATS-59G with SAKR-30 Egypt |
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Posted: 11/24/2020 5:52:13 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 58Teague]
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Typhoon-VDV(K-4386)
   
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Posted: 11/24/2020 7:08:29 PM EDT
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Quote History"Is that Oddball, are they filming 'Kelly's Heroes Part II?" |
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Posted: 11/24/2020 10:38:37 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 58Teague]
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Panthera F9 armored vehicle hit by 125mm bps
   
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Posted: 11/25/2020 1:18:33 PM EDT
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During the Congo Crisis of the 60's the Swedish force captured two M8 and put them into service. The originals didn't survive the war, but this is what they looked like in Swedish service.
  And here's a pic of an Abrams during the Swedish test in 1989. 
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Posted: 11/26/2020 11:35:59 PM EDT
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Northern Fleet Mig 29s
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Posted: 11/27/2020 2:46:17 PM EDT
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Terrängbil 11
 Terrängbil 13  Terrängbil 20, with the MAG mount up top.  All three are part of the Volvo C303-family and were workhorses in the Swedish Army from the 70s onward. Many have been replaced in service, but a buttload still remain. A C303 won the 83 Paris Dakar in the sub-10 ton class. |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 10:06:38 AM EDT
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 Bovington’s Conqueror Commentary Box, built on the FV200 Turbine Test Vehicle’s Conqueror hull FV200 Turbine Test Vehicle |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 12:58:44 PM EDT
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 Terrängbil 42, the first real APC of the Swedish Army. It saw use in Congo, and remained in service until 2003. The last unit to have them was tasked with repelling coup attempts in Stockholm.  Pansarbandvagn 301, it was an interim APC built on a tank chassi and armed with a 20mm cannon scavenged from the SAAB 21.  Pansarbandvagn 302, purpose-built replacement for the 301. Armed with a 20mm Hispano-Suiza scavenged from the SAAB 29.  Pansarterrängbil 203. Finnish Patria. Most were given the same 20mm Hispano gun as the 302.  Pansarvärnsrobotbandvagn 551. Tank destroyer armed with the TOW. |
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Posted: 11/30/2020 1:54:43 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/30/2020 4:41:31 PM EDT
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Israel armored dozer with MAJIC-1 add-on self-defence jammer which will divert wire guided ATGM off its target and E-LAWS which will Detects, categorizes and pinpoints laser sources such as rangefinders, designators, beam riders, infrared and illuminators.
 
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Posted: 12/2/2020 7:45:58 PM EDT
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 SK-105 Kürassier (Cuirassier), Austria |
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Posted: 12/2/2020 9:53:23 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/3/2020 6:25:58 AM EDT
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 Panhard EBR  AMX-40  ARL 44  Lorraine 40t   Canon D’Assaut Lorraine  AMX 50 |
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Posted: 12/3/2020 1:21:32 PM EDT
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 Pansarvärnspjästerrängbil 9031, equipped with the Pansarvärnspjäs 1110 which is a 90mm RR. These are very popular among collectors and enthusiasts these days. |
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Posted: 12/3/2020 2:31:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By swede1986: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/ART.200017_%2801%29.jpg/1024px-ART.200017_%2801%29.jpg Pansarvärnspjästerrängbil 9031, equipped with the Pansarvärnspjäs 1110 which is a 90mm RR. These are very popular among collectors and enthusiasts these days. As a guy that used to drive a Mule with a M60D that thing is cool. Wish I got to drive that. |
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Posted: 12/3/2020 5:32:04 PM EDT
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 BARV on Leopard 1 |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 6:13:54 AM EDT
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 Hunter AFV, Singapore |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 11:46:48 AM EDT
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My favorite ones to drive:
 The M274 Mule  The M151 MUTT (a unibody independent suspension Jeep replacement). |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 1:21:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryNever heard of a beach armored recovery vehicle. Also kinda weird that The Netherlands uses "The" in their name, and not the Dutch equivalent. I spent ~10 days in the Flemish part of Belgium. My favorite Dutch/Flemish word: slagroom Lot of hi res pics here: http://www.primeportal.net/recovery/ulrich_wrede/leopard_1_barv/ |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 2:00:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By birdbarian: Never heard of a beach armored recovery vehicle. Also kinda weird that The Netherlands uses "The" in their name, and not the Dutch equivalent. Because "The Netherlands" are a shortened translation of "Koninkrijk der Nederlanden" - Kingdom of the Netherlands. 
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Posted: 12/4/2020 5:07:49 PM EDT
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 Rheinmetall Mission Master Armed Reconnaissance UGV https://www.rheinmetall-defence.com/en/ mission_master |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 9:57:34 PM EDT
[Last Edit: birdbarian]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: Because "The Netherlands" are a shortened translation of "Koninkrijk der Nederlanden" - Kingdom of the Netherlands. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: Originally Posted By birdbarian: Never heard of a beach armored recovery vehicle. Also kinda weird that The Netherlands uses "The" in their name, and not the Dutch equivalent. Because "The Netherlands" are a shortened translation of "Koninkrijk der Nederlanden" - Kingdom of the Netherlands. You don't see "de Verenigde Staten van Amerika" on American equipment. I just find it weird they use the English name for their country. C'mon Holland, you're a sovereign nation... or used to be before the EU. That being said, I enjoyed the few hours I spent in Amsterdam. Wish I'd been able to spend more time there. ETA: If you want to know more about the NR-1, there's an online book available to read for free: http://www.nr-1-book.com/Contents.html    
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Posted: 12/5/2020 6:46:00 AM EDT
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 Soltam L-33 |
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Posted: 12/5/2020 11:12:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 58Teague: American AAI RDF Block 2 tank, AKA the "Elke", testing the extreme versatility of it's new oscillating gun on an M551 Sheridan hull. Crew was reduced to two with the totally unmanned turret. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EMcUlhXXUAAyoad?format=jpg&name=mediumhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/EMcUlhbWsAERB4o?format=jpg&name=mediumhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/EMcUlhaXkAUP5Or?format=jpg&name=900x900 Pretty interesting concept! How was the gun loaded? I'm assuming there must have been a "home" position where perhaps the breech is against the top of the turret for a new shell to be loaded? |
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Posted: 12/5/2020 11:20:48 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: Because "The Netherlands" are a shortened translation of "Koninkrijk der Nederlanden" - Kingdom of the Netherlands. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: Originally Posted By birdbarian: Never heard of a beach armored recovery vehicle. Also kinda weird that The Netherlands uses "The" in their name, and not the Dutch equivalent. Because "The Netherlands" are a shortened translation of "Koninkrijk der Nederlanden" - Kingdom of the Netherlands. I was going to say that perhaps there is a connection to someone at THE Ohio State University? 
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Posted: 12/5/2020 11:40:09 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By banditbigdog: I did put a new set of tires on mine, split ring, tubeless, and somewhat of an odd size. Or I should say I tried to put a new set on, they were wrapped in plastic and somewhat flat, being flat did not add to ease of installation being tubeless. Finally one of the young motor pool guys had mercy on me and told me to stand back. Sprayed ether around the inside of the tire as best he could while it was on the wheel, took a couple steps back and flicked a match at it - whoomp - quickly put the air chuck on it and vola - seated tire. I did the other 5. Pic of Bravo 83 circa 85-87 Ft. Polk MOPP Level 4 summertime Louisiana, HOT~~~! https://i.imgur.com/KRq9yQih.jpg |
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Posted: 12/5/2020 11:53:18 AM EDT
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A few local to me. I cant remember what they are but know they are unusual
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Posted: 12/5/2020 11:56:28 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/5/2020 12:41:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By swede1986: Turrets are ghey, they make the tank too tall. Fact.  https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/135411/1528713707324_jpg-1676572.JPG That tank is definitely awesome in some way.... That interesting comparison photo inspired me with a potential tactical camoflage technique: Just mount a half blown-off dummy-turret (with dummy cannon askew) on top, combined with a smoke generator to make it look like a destroyed conventional tank. The enemy bypasses and ignores burning hulks on the battlefield.... Suddenly, the enemy vehicles start exploding. |
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Posted: 12/5/2020 1:01:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Forest: Fact: When facing Soviet tank division you won't be able to turn fast enough to engage all the targets before they've fixed your position with arty and/or rotary wing fire. I think after a couple shots, they were planning to aggressively use the reverse gear. |
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Posted: 12/5/2020 1:30:40 PM EDT
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1964 US Army CJ3B
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Posted: 12/5/2020 5:21:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By lafmedic1: A few local to me. I cant remember what they are but know they are unusual https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/213498/5700E7D6-320B-4AC4-9D43-B7C9F06A5068_jpe-1715857.JPGhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/213498/BA903E89-7390-463B-A822-E71DD8AA7CEF_jpe-1715858.JPG Is the one on the left the M114? |
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Posted: 12/5/2020 9:01:46 PM EDT
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Yes,M114. That looks like a MOWAG 6X6,ain’t guess maybe one used for testing at some point;it doesn’t look like one of the Canadian LAV versions or maybe it is and I’m getting thrown off by missing parts and odd camo. The big APC beside it is an M75.
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