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Old 08-06-2021, 02:17 AM
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Nice tank from Libya.

https://maps.southfront.org/hybrid-t-55-btr-60-spotted-libya-photos/
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Old 08-06-2021, 08:14 AM
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Now that is kit bashing at its finest.
Old 08-06-2021, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Buckeye36
Now that is kit bashing at its finest.
More like it's worst...lol
Old 08-06-2021, 11:07 AM
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I see where they were going with that, but as the BTR-60 has obviously burned before it was used as a 'lid' for the T55, it probably offers no better protection than an upside down skip by this point...
Old 08-06-2021, 11:13 AM
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It's a simple matter of having a worthless T-55 with no turret and a worthless BTR that burned. Put them together and you have a deathtrap that can transport troops without getting shot by AK-47 fire. I think a 12.7 with AP rounds would pen the BTR armor.
Old 08-06-2021, 11:23 AM
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Steel cored rounds from an AK would go thru the burned BTR - once armour steel has burned, its not armour anymore

Of course that would assume that the guy with the AK is actually aiming, and not the average insurgent doing a mag dump while holding the thing sideways 'because looks cool'
Old 08-06-2021, 03:07 PM
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Naw...Afghan insurgents usually use the 80's hip fire spray and pray method...
Old 08-06-2021, 03:15 PM
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Hey if it worked for Rambo, right?
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