
From BBC News:
Mexican soldiers have destroyed four “narco-tanks”, lorries fitted with steel armour thought to have been made for the Gulf drug cartel. The vehicles were seized in a garage in Camargo, in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas. Authorities said the cartel used the tanks, fitted with air-conditioning and steel plates, to patrol its smuggling routes and transport drugs to the US. Two of the tanks had already been fitted with armour 2.5cm (1in) thick. Two more lorries were in the process of being fitted with steel plates, and 23 articulated lorries were still awaiting modification.
[Thanks, James!]


Cool, now the local AZ and TX Sheriff Offices will have justification for those new Warthogs and Apaches they always wanted!
Cool, now the local AZ and TX Sheriff Offices will have justification for those new Warthogs and Apaches they always wanted!
I’m sorry, but it’s not a tank if it hasn’t got a gun; It’s an armoured lorry.
I’m sorry, but it’s not a tank if it hasn’t got a gun; It’s an armoured lorry.
This is a good point. More like a DIY APC.
This is a good point. More like a DIY APC.
what? you’ve got a knife? well I have a gun…
You have a gun? I’ve got a machine gun…
oh yeah, well I’ve got a bazooka…
I’ve got a catapult..
I’ve got a tank…
I’ve got a submarine…
Will it ever end? Nukes inevitable
what? you’ve got a knife? well I have a gun…
You have a gun? I’ve got a machine gun…
oh yeah, well I’ve got a bazooka…
I’ve got a catapult..
I’ve got a tank…
I’ve got a submarine…
Will it ever end? Nukes inevitable
what? you’ve got a knife? well I have a gun…
You have a gun? I’ve got a machine gun…
oh yeah, well I’ve got a bazooka…
I’ve got a catapult..
I’ve got a tank…
I’ve got a submarine…
Will it ever end? Nukes inevitable
what? you’ve got a knife? well I have a gun…
You have a gun? I’ve got a machine gun…
oh yeah, well I’ve got a bazooka…
I’ve got a catapult..
I’ve got a tank…
I’ve got a submarine…
Will it ever end? Nukes inevitable
what? you’ve got a knife? well I have a gun…
You have a gun? I’ve got a machine gun…
oh yeah, well I’ve got a bazooka…
I’ve got a catapult..
I’ve got a tank…
I’ve got a submarine…
Will it ever end? Nukes inevitable
what? you’ve got a knife? well I have a gun…
You have a gun? I’ve got a machine gun…
oh yeah, well I’ve got a bazooka…
I’ve got a catapult..
I’ve got a tank…
I’ve got a submarine…
Will it ever end? Nukes inevitable
Wow, it looks very inconspicious. Nobody would ever notice any thing odd about these!
It’s like the anti-pope movil!
The narcodudes need to do something about those tires. If that thing is carrying an inch of sheet metal all around, they must be under some serious load, and one nail, or a bullet, or an RPG would immobilize it right quick.
Looks like they were trying to copy the new-ish MRAP vehicle used in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Looks like they were trying to copy the new-ish MRAP vehicle used in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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