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Supacat MUV: Affordable military vehicle based on Toyota Hilux pick-up truck
- giraffe_lady 2y agoOn hackernews posting about war machines is not political. Commenting about posting about war machines however is.
- criddell 2y ago> Commenting about posting about war machines... ... goes against the guidelines and will often garner down votes.
- hiddencost 2y agoIn classic defense contracting style, "low cost" comes without a number. Nice to see more COTS tho. Drone warfare is a really impressive example of what can be done with COTS components.
- slipperybeluga 2y ago[dead]
- spiritplumber 2y agoThe Toyota Hilux has been the platform of choice to make "technicals" with since the 1980s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_War
- nothercastle 2y agoIt’s a nice cosplay truck but it looks like it has no drone protection provisions. Great for the last war.
- tiahura 2y agoIt's a truck, other guys sell the junk to mount on it. For drone protection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6X8fT5IfFM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6X8fT5IfFM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usd0Uouj6XA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usd0Uouj6XA
- Carlseymanh 2y agoThere must be some process similar to carcinization that pushes Toyota hyluxes to transform into Technicals over time.
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- discoramallah 2y ago[flagged]
- baumschubser 2y ago> Although originally intended for regional markets in the Asia-Pacific region, Supacat noted that the utility vehicle could also find applications in Europe. We wanted make profit on dead people and broken states in the middle east, but considering recent events in Europe, we might have thought too small.