Maybe because it would be kind of hard to find someone wiling to stand in the back exposed, while that person couldn't reach out in all directions with the mounted gun?
Good question. Why haven't they proposed this for export? It is definitely effective as a low cost option for poor nations/insurgents, but definitely "expendable". Mobility provides its only real protection.
See Toyota War: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_war
In Africa and other war zones, they are loosely called 'the technical.'
ReplyDeleteMaybe because nobody wants to be seen in such a monstrosity.
ReplyDeleteMaybe because it would be kind of hard to find someone wiling to stand in the back exposed, while that person couldn't reach out in all directions with the mounted gun?
ReplyDeleteGood question. Why haven't they proposed this for export? It is definitely effective as a low cost option for poor nations/insurgents, but definitely "expendable". Mobility provides its only real protection.
ReplyDeleteSee Toyota War:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_war
Ok, Brad! You just filled a hole in my knowledge base.....great find.
ReplyDeleteInstead of buying helicopters and warplanes for Afghanistan maybe we should be buying a ton of these for their Army.
It would be easier for them to maintain and operate.
Didn't the Brits refer to these as Tali-wagons at some point?
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