[QUOTE= Fox News] Onto a battlefield littered with bizarre homemade weaponry, Libya's ruling militia fighters have rolled out their weirdest contraption yet: a concrete and steel behemoth that's a cross between a bulldozer and a battleship.
The towering monster, which appeared Wednesday in Sirte to help capture Muammar Qaddafi's home town, has a battleship's pointed prow and portholes along its sides with steel covers that can be pulled down.
Clad in concrete sandwiched between steel plates, it is painted in the colors of the new national flag -- red, green and black. Writing on the bow declares "there is no God, but Allah, and Mohammad is his prophet."
Built onto a tracked bulldozer in then-rebel workshops in the city of Misrata, the new weapon is designed to smash through roadblocks and barricades.
It was meant to make its debut in the fight for Tripoli, but when the capital fell swiftly to the rebels, the souped-up bulldozer was never brought in to do battle. Until now.
"It's to clear dumped cars and shipping containers," said Gebril Ali, the burly driver from Misrata, a heavy plant operator in civilian life.
He expects to be shot at with bullets and rocket-propelled grenades, but reckons the vehicle can withstand that. Heavier weapons might be a problem though.
"Maybe I'm not coming back," Ali said, suddenly reflective. He then erupted into laughter that revealed several broken teeth. "But my mind's made up. I'm stubborn."
The vehicle is also manned by four gunners who have five heavy machine guns to fire and a tank gun mounted on top. Several AK47 assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers sit inside next to water bottles and bananas.
There is also a helmet full of hand grenades, just in case.
"We will be watching from the portholes and if we see them trying to flank us, we'll shoot them," said crew member Ali Abdullah, a 20-year-old student. Asked if he thought the contraption was safe, he said: "We have faith in God."
The driver's task is made all the harder by the fact that he cannot see out of the vehicle. A video camera mounted on the front was damaged by gunfire and he has to rely on two comrades peering out of slits at the front to guide him.
A commander wearing a gold-braided ship's captain's hat sat on top and shouted directions as Ali maneuvered up to the battlefront. The craft smashed into a lamp-post.
It then came to a halt next to a mosque, and all scrambled out to go pray.
Just beyond the mosque and a turn to the right is a street constantly strafed with small arms and rocket fire by Qaddafi's forces.
The men planned to drive the beast down the street and smash their way into the center of Sirte. A Reuters news team was invited to come along for the ride, but declined the offer.
Commanding a posse of pick-up trucks mounted with heavy machine guns, the man in the sea captain's hat, postman Lutfi al-Amin, plans to follow.
"When it clears the way, we will follow," Amin said. Asked about his headgear, he said: "It's my lucky hat!"
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Where can I get one?
I can't think of a pun, so I'll just say:
That is fucking awesome
Looks like a German a7v tank
[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-P1013-316%2C_Westfront%2C_deutscher_Panzer_in_Roye.jpg[/IMG]
A modified bulldozer armed to the teeth, for the purpose of clearing through the wreckage of the streets of Sirte.
All it needs now is a swiveling main gun on the top, like some sort of cannon or mortar, and it's a goddam TANK!
[QUOTE]A commander wearing a gold-braided ship's captain's hat sat on top and shouted directions as Ali maneuvered up to the battlefront.[/QUOTE]
DRIVE ME CLOSER, I WANT TO HIT THEM WITH MY SWORD!!
[QUOTE=The mouse;32875979]Looks like a German a7v tank
[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-P1013-316%2C_Westfront%2C_deutscher_Panzer_in_Roye.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Kind of sad that that tank did poorly.
The description made me think of
[img]http://www.joebrower.com/PHILE_PILE/PIX/struggle/killdozer.jpg[/img]
Needs more red, the red ones go faster.
[quote]A commander wearing a gold-braided ship's captain's hat sat on top and shouted directions as Ali maneuvered up to the battlefront. The craft smashed into a lamp-post.
It then came to a halt next to a mosque, and all scrambled out to go pray.[/quote]
This sounds like something out of a bugs bunny sketch, hahaha.
In all seriousness, fuck yeah Revolutiondozer
It seems engineers/mechanics in Libya must be having the time of their lives.
That's bullship
Needs more shootaz
Jesus fucking christ that story is insane
A heavily armored bulldozer with tank gun, HMG's, assault rifles, RPG's and freaking grenades rolling towards you under heavy fire not giving a shit, being followed by a convoy of technicals ripping the shit up even more, with a burly sea captain and gold hat shouting out orders to the vehicle and his men. Then they stop, park it, and go out to pray at the local mosque. [B]MY MIND[/B]
They even fucking asked the news crew to come along for the ride, bahahaha. I'd be shitting my pants from sheer awesome and fear.
That looks amazingly well done and fucking awesome.
Fuck yes, the Killdozer is back!
[QUOTE=Canuhearmenow;32876169]Needs more red, the red ones go faster.[/QUOTE]
Red is faster, but green is best.
Regardless, thats AWESOME. I want video!
[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;32876969]Red is faster, but green is best.
Regardless, thats AWESOME. I want video![/QUOTE]
You paint the vehicle red and the weapons green. They did it right according to w40k lore :v:
Killdozer V2:Libyan Boogaloo?
Holy shit, a real life Sand Crawler!
[QUOTE=BANNED USER;32877699]Holy shit, a real life Sand Crawler![/QUOTE]
Scale 1:10
Reminded me of the battle fortress from RA2.
are there any videos of it in action?
All it needs is a flamethrower, and loud speakers playing patriotic NTC music. Nightmare for loyalist.
Now I wont be surprised if they develop a walking fighting mech.
Too bad it didn't see combat. would be cool if they actually used it and there would be bullet marks everywhere.
It's almost useless in urban terrain though..open top is moletov and sniper magnet.
It's a proof of human ingenuity... It needs to be in a museum/memorial.
I'll take eight.
Was there really such a shortage of stolen APC's, IFV's, and tanks? Libya had thousands of armed vehicles.
Yes, they were T-55's and BMP-1's but I am pretty sure that those are far superior to the land battleship.
Neat, but it really just doesn't seem all that viable for anything other than smashing through relatively safe blockades with a little extra protection from small arms.
[QUOTE=The mouse;32875979]Looks like a German a7v tank
[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-P1013-316%2C_Westfront%2C_deutscher_Panzer_in_Roye.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Not really.
[img]http://www.kitreview.com/reviews/images/a7vconstructionbg_12.jpg[/img]
Maybe from the rear, with the machine guns removed, and the top area not viewable, but otherwise it's distinctly different.
It would've been cool to see a fleet of these death machines annihilating cars on a destructive rampage of justice.
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