Syria rebels unveil cutting-edge homemade tank

senorwipesalot · 10-12-2012 07:58PM #1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB1BDrFzFY0

For months Syrian rebels have taken matters into their own hands, but now they’ve seriously stepped up their game: a home-made tank. We’re not just talking about a car with a some metal attached to it; this bad boy features a playstation controller used specifically for moving the tank’s turret.

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My name is URL · 10-12-2012 08:02PM

It looks pretty indestructible. Apart from the exposed rubber tires like

blaze1 · 10-12-2012 08:12PM

I like the way the rolled over the loose twig.

peterk675 · 10-12-2012 08:15PM

Technically its not a tank :rolleyes: ( had to be said )

Storm 10 · 10-12-2012 08:18PM

Extremely Light armoured vehicle with machine gun. Not a tank.

MadYaker · 10-12-2012 08:19PM

Not a bad effort. I just hope the syrian army don't have armor piercing rounds.

Hande hoche! · 10-12-2012 08:21PM

I prefer the Libyans' pimped out pick up trucks.

PseudoFamous · 10-12-2012 08:21PM

its good that they put headlamps on it. Nice to see some consideration for other road users.

Zillah · 10-12-2012 08:22PM

Kudos to them for their inventiveness and enterprising attitude. I do, however, have serious concerns over how much protection such a vehicle would provide against even a heavy machine gun, let alone an armor-piercing round or an RPG.

Pilotdude5 · 10-12-2012 08:23PM

It fills the niche of providing protection from small-arms fire while heading to the shop for bread and milk.

senorwipesalot · 10-12-2012 08:30PM

Pilotdude5 wrote: »

It fills the niche of providing protection from small-arms fire while heading to the shop for bread and milk.

Or trips in to Gamestop for spare parts.

LivelineDipso · 10-12-2012 08:36PM

I am deeply concered about the Co2 emissions.

I will continue to support NATO as they are working to reduce Co2 on US Nazy bombers so they can slaughter innocent people in an enviromentally ethical manner.

Remmy · 10-12-2012 08:37PM

I wonder did he manage to get it taxed as commercial

TerrorFirmer · 10-12-2012 08:41PM

Not even a tank, it's a super lightly armored vehicle - and I doubt it'd last longer than about 5 seconds in the field, looks like a strong breeze would take it out.

Merch · 10-12-2012 08:49PM

Not cutting edge, not a tank.

Its a very lightly armoured, armoured car.

It wouldnt stand a chance against armour piercing rounds, let alone an RPG.
It may not even be of any protection against ball ammunition.

Jamie Starr · 10-12-2012 08:56PM

Craig Charles is gonna be impressed.

Rodin · 10-12-2012 09:06PM

Castro had something like this over 50 years ago

The Aussie · 10-12-2012 09:10PM

The designer must have been a Tuam Man, Sham II, Sham I is being towed behind a Hi-Ace as we speak.

Lando Griffin · 10-12-2012 09:16PM

Might as well paint a target on it.
Not very impressive at all.

Remmy · 10-12-2012 09:38PM

Any military/army guys know if a rpg round would be able to pierce that type of plate?

Pottler · 10-12-2012 09:42PM

Merch wrote: »

Not cutting edge, not a tank.

Its a very lightly armoured, armoured car.

It wouldnt stand a chance against armour piercing rounds, let alone an RPG.
It may not even be of any protection against ball ammunition.

That's shocking, how low will Assad stoop? Is it used to sterilise rebels?

Merch · 10-12-2012 10:16PM

Remmy wrote: »

Any military/army guys know if a rpg round would be able to pierce that type of plate?

Not an army locally that has experience of anti tank rockets.
Doesnt look very thick, rpg's can take down a lot of stuff, some modern ones can stop all but the most modern tanks, at the least they might take a wheel off or damage the track if it was exposed.

I wouldnt like to be in that if someone hit it with a hammer

Merch · 10-12-2012 10:17PM

Pottler wrote: »

That's shocking, how low will Assad stoop? Is it used to sterilise rebels?

huh?

ReacherCreature · 10-12-2012 10:17PM

Cool stuff. Intuitive, creative and desire all in one. However it wouldn't last long on today's battlefield. Likely will crumple under sustained and heavy fire.

Lenin Skynard · 10-12-2012 10:24PM

It wouldn't stand a chance against Hypno-Disc.

Johro · 10-12-2012 10:27PM

Nice effort, 'cutting edge' it ain't.
Love some of the comments though. 'Running over that shrubbery demonstrated the raw power of this formidable weapon.'
Still, ya gotta go with what ya got, and fair play to them. You can't question their bravery.

BillyMitchel · 10-12-2012 10:31PM

I want one for Christmas.

Border-Rat · 10-12-2012 10:34PM

Great for dealing with those bastard Christians and Nuns, eh? These people are extremists, they don't want rid of Assad because he's too brutal, they want rid of him because not enough infidel and Christian heads roll.

Johro · 10-12-2012 10:36PM

Border-Rat wrote: »

Great for dealing with those bastard Christians and Nuns, eh? These people are extremists, they don't want rid of Assad because he's too brutal, they want rid of him because not enough infidel and Christian heads roll.

Bollocks.

Merch · 10-12-2012 10:37PM

Johro wrote: »

Nice effort, 'cutting edge' it ain't.
Love some of the comments though. 'Running over that shrubbery demonstrated the raw power of this formidable weapon.'
Still, ya gotta go with what ya got, and fair play to them. You can't question their bravery.

They might be better off in a converted jeep/truck
Dont think the Syrian army are going to let it get withing range of them, stands out a bit, so cant really hide it on a street.

Doesn't look easy to get out of, wonder what they call it, the cooker.
Wouldn't fancy it myself.

Pottler · 10-12-2012 10:37PM

Merch wrote: »

huh?

Ball ammo. I thought they might use it for low shots. "Armoured" car is crap btw, flat sides and 3/4" plate - made to be gone through. A chap with an RPG would go "oh look, target practice-whoooosssshhhbannnnggg" and the playstation controller would get melted.

They make tanks out of stuff that is 8"+ thick and an RPG will still penetrate - it detonates on contact and a shaped charge propells a disc of copper in a molten stream through the steel.

They incorporate sand and ceramics between the steel of tanks and use small explosive charges attatched to the armour as a defence - the charge explodes when the RPG hits it and it basically "reverses" the stream of molten metal. Even that is no guarantee against the latest anti-armour stuff. A depleted uranium shell would go in the front, out the back and keep going for another few hundred meters, with a few bits of rebel still attached. Even the other rebels must think these lads are luders.

If a 50 cal round hit it, the splinters of steel that would be thrown off the back of the plate would kill them all anyway, even if it didn't penetrate, which it would. It would also probably come out the other side.

Heavy stuff is quite ferocious, think of your average block wall - hiding behind it won't work, the rounds will go through, so suddenly you've added chunks of concrete as well as copper jacketed steel bullets to the list of things that hit you. Also, your car door is no protection, nor is your car door, you, your passenger, and their door and the lad standing beside that door. All of those will get the good news from one round. Your engine block might stop one, but only might...

Syria rebels unveil cutting-edge homemade tank

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