russ55
19th February 2013, 07:26 PM
pinched from darkroastedblend.com
We'll start with perhaps the most interesting - a streamlined armored car: "Built by Skoda in 1923 and armed with 4 Maxim MGs,
this Zelva served with the Czechoslovak police, and weighed more than 7 tons":
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/347.jpg (http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-y15Qv7bCGlY/USL2CrWqWDI/AAAAAAACEV4/CXEr5roWmWI/s900/ar33.jpg)
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/348.jpg (http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-XkniFn0b_FQ/USL2DHRiFMI/AAAAAAACEWA/eQtVf72op0o/s900/ar34.jpg)
(images via 1 (http://www.tracks-n-troops.eu/), 2 (http://dieselpunks.blogspot.ca/2009/06/streamlined-armored-car.html))
Here is an imposing BA-3 armored vehicle made in Soviet Russia in the 1920s:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/349.jpg (http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ijLfmsYfHDw/USL2Jjawh0I/AAAAAAACEXg/GnU7CwpBGzU/s900/ar46.jpg)
(image via (http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/super-dmit2009/))
Vintage Russian armored vehicles, called "broneviki", are still very popular for all sorts of parades:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/350.jpg (http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-t2Ipws7-THU/USL2GoaPiZI/AAAAAAACEW4/98fzVE-fQkM/s900/a41.jpg)
...sometimes sporting intimidating paint-jobs, like "A God of War"? -
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/351.jpg (http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6nEO3cnfkCM/USL2I--oPBI/AAAAAAACEXY/FAde8UpnGK0/s900/ar45.jpg)
(images via 1 (http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/xunxuz23/), 2 (http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/igbry/))
Some of the old armored vehicles are used for movies, some are left out in the cold in Russian backyards:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/352.jpg (http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vFNdkP8ziXA/USL2H6c9kBI/AAAAAAACEXI/df9IKsnIxec/s900/ar43.jpg)
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/353.jpg (http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TlVkUqVK1TE/USL2IfwPh-I/AAAAAAACEXQ/st3ubMeeZSg/s900/ar44.jpg)
(images via 1 (http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/m3-10/), 2 (http://fotki.yandex.ru/search/броневик/users/ange-2012/), 3 (http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/serg63ant/); bottom right: miniature armored car art installation)
And finally, here are some truly strange, and some very ugly, armored vehicle conversions
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/354.jpg (http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-LIHZ7vKEyI0/USL2DoS88pI/AAAAAAACEWI/BoLyt1tqs9A/s900/ar35.jpg)
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/355.jpg (http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-haFlKPJKR3I/USL2EEdr6gI/AAAAAAACEWQ/j-CFFWwzx2I/s900/ar36.jpg)
(top left image: conversion from 1940, via (http://blog.makezine.com/2006/11/28/trailers-from-defunct-aut/) - right image: is this a pickup truck??)
Read more at Dark Roasted Blend: Impressive Vintage Armoured Cars (http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2013/02/impressive-vintage-armoured-cars.html#eid2keoRLGPvLmL1.99)
We'll start with perhaps the most interesting - a streamlined armored car: "Built by Skoda in 1923 and armed with 4 Maxim MGs,
this Zelva served with the Czechoslovak police, and weighed more than 7 tons":
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/347.jpg (http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-y15Qv7bCGlY/USL2CrWqWDI/AAAAAAACEV4/CXEr5roWmWI/s900/ar33.jpg)
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/348.jpg (http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-XkniFn0b_FQ/USL2DHRiFMI/AAAAAAACEWA/eQtVf72op0o/s900/ar34.jpg)
(images via 1 (http://www.tracks-n-troops.eu/), 2 (http://dieselpunks.blogspot.ca/2009/06/streamlined-armored-car.html))
Here is an imposing BA-3 armored vehicle made in Soviet Russia in the 1920s:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/349.jpg (http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ijLfmsYfHDw/USL2Jjawh0I/AAAAAAACEXg/GnU7CwpBGzU/s900/ar46.jpg)
(image via (http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/super-dmit2009/))
Vintage Russian armored vehicles, called "broneviki", are still very popular for all sorts of parades:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/350.jpg (http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-t2Ipws7-THU/USL2GoaPiZI/AAAAAAACEW4/98fzVE-fQkM/s900/a41.jpg)
...sometimes sporting intimidating paint-jobs, like "A God of War"? -
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/351.jpg (http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6nEO3cnfkCM/USL2I--oPBI/AAAAAAACEXY/FAde8UpnGK0/s900/ar45.jpg)
(images via 1 (http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/xunxuz23/), 2 (http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/igbry/))
Some of the old armored vehicles are used for movies, some are left out in the cold in Russian backyards:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/352.jpg (http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vFNdkP8ziXA/USL2H6c9kBI/AAAAAAACEXI/df9IKsnIxec/s900/ar43.jpg)
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/353.jpg (http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TlVkUqVK1TE/USL2IfwPh-I/AAAAAAACEXQ/st3ubMeeZSg/s900/ar44.jpg)
(images via 1 (http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/m3-10/), 2 (http://fotki.yandex.ru/search/броневик/users/ange-2012/), 3 (http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/serg63ant/); bottom right: miniature armored car art installation)
And finally, here are some truly strange, and some very ugly, armored vehicle conversions
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/354.jpg (http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-LIHZ7vKEyI0/USL2DoS88pI/AAAAAAACEWI/BoLyt1tqs9A/s900/ar35.jpg)
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/02/355.jpg (http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-haFlKPJKR3I/USL2EEdr6gI/AAAAAAACEWQ/j-CFFWwzx2I/s900/ar36.jpg)
(top left image: conversion from 1940, via (http://blog.makezine.com/2006/11/28/trailers-from-defunct-aut/) - right image: is this a pickup truck??)
Read more at Dark Roasted Blend: Impressive Vintage Armoured Cars (http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2013/02/impressive-vintage-armoured-cars.html#eid2keoRLGPvLmL1.99)