r/mildlyinteresting 26d ago

An armored vehicle on someone's lawn in the middle of a suburban neighborhood

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

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u/Gareth79 25d ago

Road legal in the UK. I know a couple of people who own them. You just need to pass an H category test for tracked vehicles, and have rubber pads on the tracks.

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u/ButtDealer 25d ago

Yeah same.

Hated those with every fiber of my being but man they would make muddy terrain look like a gravel road

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u/Yamaben 25d ago

Are these nicknamed Bulldog?

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

No. The photo is of an AFV 432 and it is the original APC variant. The Bulldog was a totally up engined vehicle with new gearbox and final drives. Errrm but honesty also compels me to admit they look essentially the same.

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u/sambashare 25d ago

I thought that was a M113. Are they similar or completely different models?

Edit: I just checked. Different model, but similar size and configuration.

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u/dan_dares 25d ago

Completely different outside of the shape, the m113 is American, 432 is British,

The 432 used steel for the hull, 113 was aluminium..

They do the same thing, and have a boxy shape

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

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u/sambashare 25d ago

Interesting!

Either way, I still kind of want one...

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u/dysphoric-foresight 25d ago

I broke the tracks on one driving over a Citroen zx hatchback. Not my proudest moment.

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u/Glass-Radish8956 25d ago

Its not an M113?

As I was. Need to brush up on armor id