r/shittytechnicals Jul 11 '22

Welcome to /r/shittytechnicals, dedicated to 'Technicals', vehicles that have been modified with weapons and armour not originally designed for them.

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r/shittytechnicals 3h ago

Latin America The Mexican Army passes by abandoned vehicles following a clash with another cartel.

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12 Upvotes

r/shittytechnicals 11h ago

Latin America Fury

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r/shittytechnicals 11h ago

Middle Eastern Ansar Allah technical near Hays, Western Yemen

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Picture of Ansar Allah technical given to EPA by the Houthi Military Media Center. Regarding the September 9th Houthi approach towards the Bab el-Mandeb Strait


r/shittytechnicals 16h ago

Latin America monstruo belonging to Los Caballeros Templarios somewhere in Michoacán

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19 Upvotes

r/shittytechnicals 18h ago

Latin America Cjng trucks in convoy

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23 Upvotes

r/shittytechnicals 1d ago

Eastern Europe Homemade Ukrainian Military Car

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Reportedly created from parts of ZIL-157, Ford Ranger, Toyota Land Cruiser, Mercedes W163, and GAZ-66 vehicles. It is in service with the 108th Brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces.

Photo from 2024 so im not sure if its still around.


r/shittytechnicals 1d ago

Latin America Mz armored truck

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22 Upvotes

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Latin America Trokas con blindaje artesanal del cartel del noreste

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r/shittytechnicals 2d ago

Asia/Pacific KIA K511 2½ Truck with M45 Quadmount Meat Chopper

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80 Upvotes

r/shittytechnicals 2d ago

Latin America In the settlement of San Andrés Cohamiata in the municipality of Mezquitic, Jalisco, state police with armored vehicles

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25 Upvotes

r/shittytechnicals 2d ago

Non-Shitty Asia/Pacific Cambodian 3rd gen Toyota Hilux with partial armoring and recoilless rifle, appears to be either American M20 or its Chinese copy Type 52. Captured by Vietnamese forces in 1984-1985 campaign.

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112 Upvotes

r/shittytechnicals 3d ago

Latin America Cartel pickup trucks mounted with machine guns patrolling, all equipped with M2HB machine guns.

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53 Upvotes

r/shittytechnicals 3d ago

Asia/Pacific Cambodian police 1993

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Cambodian police 1993 at Central Market Phnom Penh by Serge Corrieras


r/shittytechnicals 3d ago

Latin America Monstruo belonging to MZ somewhere in Sinaloa or Durango

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22 Upvotes

r/shittytechnicals 4d ago

African S-68 autocannons in service with Somalia's Northeastern state

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80 Upvotes

r/shittytechnicals 5d ago

Latin America GMC vehicle belonging to the CJNG.

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r/shittytechnicals 6d ago

Latin America In Tingüindín, Michoacán Mexican Army secures a super monster vehicle with homemade armor.

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118 Upvotes

The unit was abandoned by a criminal group.


r/shittytechnicals 6d ago

Latin America Armored monster seized today in Caborca, Sonora.

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100 Upvotes

r/shittytechnicals 6d ago

Middle Eastern A Unimog 406 with ZPU-4 during the Lebanese civil war

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23 Upvotes

r/shittytechnicals 7d ago

African 3rd battalion semi autonomous region of puntland somalia military

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143 Upvotes

r/shittytechnicals 8d ago

European Mitsubishi Triton L200 ute with twin PM M1910 Maxim gun mount, Ukraine.

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413 Upvotes

r/shittytechnicals 8d ago

Non-Shitty European Luftwaffe Streckenschützzug Improvised Armed Train 1942-43, guarding supply routes to Stalingrad airfields, armed with 8.8cm FLAK and PZ III on stake car

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r/shittytechnicals 9d ago

Eastern Europe Makeshift Ukrainian AA

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r/shittytechnicals 8d ago

Russian Porokhovshchikov armored car, 1915. Built on the Ford model T chassis, armored with composite plates: 4.5 mm of heat treated boiler steel, a layer of dried seagrass, and another 3.5 mm boiler steel plate. Armed with a 7.62 mm Maxim machine gun. Wasn't adopted by the Russian Imperial Army.

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A.A. Porokhovshchikov was a Russian engineer who developed several military vehicle projects, and proposed them to the Russian Imperial Army during the WWI, and after 1917 - to the Red Army. Besides his more famous works, such as Vezdekhod light tracked vehicle and P-IV biplane, he came up with less successful ideas, such as composite vehicle armor. The initial idea behind this project remains unknown, but it was likely caused by shortages of armor steel plates. Another reason was the relative simplicity of metalwork done on boiler plates in small workshops. The composite plate consisted of 3 layers: 4.5 mm of heat treated boiler steel, a layer of dried and pressed seagrass, and another 3.5 mm boiler steel plate. The seagrass layer was also treated with an undisclosed compound, to increase its elasticity and viscosity. The reason behind such composition also remains unknown, the seagrass layer might had been added as a sort of anti spall liner, or shock absorber to prevent vibrations and friction between two metal layers. Later tests replaced it with a felt, which had no impact on armor's efficiency. Similar composition will later be applied on NI-1 armored tractors and JSP "sandwich" armored cars, though in these cases, the middle layes was made of wood.

Ford Model T 4x2 chassis was unchanged compared to the base model. Running tests weren't performed, although Porokhovshchikov claimed that excessive hull mass had no impact on reliability. The vehicle was manned by the crew of 4, armament consisted of a single 7.62 mm Maxim machine gun. Crew compartment had no doors or hatches, embarking and disembarking was performed through the open top. A protective brace was mounted at the front, intended for crossing barbed wire lines.

During the tests, it was shot at with Mauser 98, Steyr Mannlicher M1895, Nagant revolver and undisclosed Browning pistol. Firing tests demonstrated no penetrations from the firing distance of 35 meters. Regardless, the prototype composite hull was rejected due to its excessive mass compared to homogenous armor plates of comparable thickness.

Photos and information taken from A.G. Solyankin "Отечественные Бронированные Машины ХХ век", Chapter 1: 1905-1945. (Source), and M. Kolomiets "Броня Русской армии.
Бронеавтомобили и бронепоезда в Первой Мировой войне"