Homemade Bulldozer Battleship Joins Libya Fight

Fox News ^ | 10/19/2011

[SargeK]

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.

[SargeK]

I applaud the resourcefullness - although I question its ability to stand up to an RPG or 12.7 mm machinegun.

But, does does it seem to you all that this whole affair is turning a bit "Mad Max"?

[rhombus]

Can anyone read the writing scrawled on this monster?

[rhombus]

Ah yes...”Writing on the bow declares “there is no God, but Allah, and Mohammad is his prophet.”

[the invisib1e hand]

Allah Akbar, pal.

(html is your friend).

[edpc]

Have either Aunty Entity or MasterBlaster been spotted in the area?

[econjack]

With laser-guided missiles, this is nothing more than a mobile rock pile waiting to happen.

[EEGator]

“I am Lord Humongous, ruler of the Wasteland.”

[WinMod70]

Bridge crossings (the 1st bridge crossing) should be spectacular.

[WOBBLY BOB]

" I'm in your blind spot"

[Vendome]

run up to it and drop a grenade and thermite in the front portal.

Doesn’t look like it has an real defense but its armor.

[BlueLancer]

Pretty good, but I much prefer the Mad Max version ...

[roaddog727]

IEDs work both ways.............

[EEGator]

That is awesome! I would quit school and become a truck driver if I had that.

[the invisib1e hand]

wtf?

[Salvavida]

A Mad Max sequel filmed in Libya would be a hoot. Paramount could save tons by not having to create post apocalyptic scenery.

[Liberty Valance]

This is not the Sandcrawler you were looking for ...

[Bean Counter]

Just what OWS fantasizes about getting their hands on.....

[BenLurkin]

Does it have a roof? I betting it does not.

[SargeK]

I KNEW it!

Jawas! It all makes sense now...

[pyx]

It sort of reminds me of the Death Mobile from the
John Belushi Animal House movie.

[AppyPappy]

You have to admit, it is pretty cool.

[econjack]

You have to admit, it is pretty cool.

True enough, but I sure as hell would not want to be riding around in it if someone has an armed Predator and takes offense.

[gura]

$5 says this was their inspiration, the

KILLDOZER!

[backwoods-engineer]

“I am Lord Humongous, ruler of the Wasteland.”

He is the Ayatollah of Rock and Rollah!

[bt-99]

I wonder how that would do up against an M1 Abrams?

[Vendome]

keep your hands off my unit

[Tallguy]

Somebody been watching John Wayne’s “Fighting Seabees” over in Libya?

[Tallguy]

I applaud the resourcefullness - although I question its ability to stand up to an RPG or 12.7 mm machinegun.

Yeah, Sarge. Especially when the CNN footage indicates about every third fighter is carrying an RPG in lieu of the Khalashnikov. Still and armored bulldozer is usefull in clearing roadblocks or in creating alternate routes THROUGH buildings. I know that the US D5 armored dozer gets a lot of work with the Israeli Defense Forces.

[Frank_2001]

“The Ayatollah of Rock ‘n Roll-a!”;)

[DJ MacWoW]

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[SgtHooper]

Perfect for my commute to work! Will cut my time to just a few minutes.

[chemicalman]

I have the urge for some pancakes.

[SargeK]

It’s a good thing that the regime seems to have fallen. Otherwise they might have learned the hard way that steel plates and caterpillar tracks alone do not a tank make.

Once I was on a range firing a M2 .50 cal. at an old M113 hull about 300 meters out. I kept seeing the impact of the rounds on the slope behind the target. I couldn’t figure out how I was missing the darn thing. That is until I saw one of my tracers come bouncing out of the open man door in the ramp. The “Aha!” moment - I wasn’t missing it, the rounds (and they were just ball and tracer) we mostly going straight through unimpeded.

A .50 is a powerful weapon, not to be underestimated for sure.

[AnAmericanAbroad]

I too applaud their resourcefulness. Ok, maybe not so good against heavier weaponry, but still.

When the Zombie Apocalypse goes down, these are the guys you want on your side.

[Malsua]

I wonder how that would do up against an M1 Abrams?

Unless it's got Chobham armor or some kind of reactive armor, it would last the amount of time it takes for the gunner to line up the reticle and the projectile to fly to the target.

[buffaloguy]

A couple cans of WD-40 on the road and a molotov coktail up top and it turns into an EZ Bake oven.

Easily breakable.

[elcid1970]

Or was that M113 target hull already so shot up like Swiss cheese that your rounds were passing through without touching?

When I qualified with the 3.5” rocket launcher our target was an old Sherman tank. Most of us fired blue practice rounds which you could watch shatter as they hit the turret. The trainee of the week got to fire a live HE which made the turret actually bounce.

Anyway, all these improvised weapon systems ought to be catalogued somehow. When TSHTF a build your own at home armored vehicle might be good to have, just sayin’.

[SargeK]

It does look like fun, doesn’t it?

Paging Heywood Banks...

[Oatka]

`My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!'

One RPG later:
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

[proudpapa]

lol.

[jim_trent]

“It then came to a halt next to a mosque, and all scrambled out to go pray.”

I think I have found a weakness.

[SargeK]

Impressive erudition there FRiend.

[SargeK]

Eh. Around these parts the same thing would happen in front of a Cracker Barrel.

[Oatka]

Copied from some guy named Shelley. :-)