Empire Defender

[Harald Hansen]

I need one. Do they go in deep snow or do they bog down?

They will go places a loaded infantryman on skis will bog down! The weight to surface contact area ratio is excellent. See how wide those rubber tracks are? I was squad leader for one of these with a signals set up in the Norwegian Army years ago, and managed to get driver training as well. They are so capable off road it's not even funny. And amphibious!

 

[taco2go]

Rob etc-

There used to be some really cool Hagglund BV-206 videos on youtube.

Nice Hagglunds recovery clip. Like how the cab's just floating.

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[R_Lefebvre]

Wow. How are these things NOT the ultimate off-road vehicle? Not for rock crawling, but pretty much anything else. They're tracked, they float, the double powered articulating design has big advantages.

Is that a bilge pump at the end?

 

[revor]

Looks like one of those situations where the guys riding in the back question what the heck the driver has gotten into now....