They do say that it's for civilian or museum use only, so my money is on the one without the armour plating ;) Having said that, if it does have the armour plating...what's the resale value for titanium nowadays?
They also have up to 4 inch thick 12x36 inch plate (only $8,000) and several other dimensions of sheets and rods: http://www.amazonsupply.com/dp/B00MB366WA (Grade 5, higher strength alloy)
Free shipping, no customs, brand new.
I can't imagine how difficult customs would be when importing old military equipment from Russia.
This whole site actually reminds me of the part in Lord of War where they're walking around the Soviet weapons expo, and then later just having items 'disappear'.
Or the one where they unscrew rocket mounts from helicopters to make them civilian machines, while the said mounts lie packaged next to them, being shipped 'somewhere else, for completely unrelated reasons'.
If the Philippines can buy them for a few million I think a U.S. citizen should be able to. Never liked Yachts but I need an armored boat in my life. Mostly for trips to Japan.
Yeah I went there straight away too...I don't know why, I have a thing for that helicopter even though I'm not into militaria. I'm fighting off the temptation to purchase a large remote control kit now.
Went camping this week. Left my Prius behind, took my girlfriend's 4x4 up the forest service road to the campground ... found 3 Prius there ahead of me.
>> Car makers call it "contingency anxiety," the urge to buy a mechanically overqualified vehicle because maybe, once in a blue moon—or a hurricane on a high tide—the car buyer might need the extra functionality. The personal-use pickup market is a creature of contingency anxiety. After all, once a year, you need to bring home a Christmas tree.
Yeah, I had a Cherokee and knew that the road out from my house flooded every 3 or 4 years. When if finally did ... the police got there first and blockaded it. I had to drive around anyway.
I have a GMC Canyon that sits in the garage next to our Prius. I bought it a year before the Prius, but it has about half the mileage on it.
That said, I generally find myself having to move something big once a week during the summer months for landscaping, remodelling, maintenance, play, etc, and those are the times when I find my pickup to be indispensable.
Maybe when relayrides is more ubiquitous, I'll rethink the truck, but right now it's a luxury at about $17k.
In the 1970s in Colorado, I used to hear that a Volkswagen Beetle could make it up any road that a Jeep could--I guess that the short turning radius helped, and the lower ground clearance didn't matter that much.
My old coworker worked with movie studies (Valley of Elah was one) as a consultant providing military like training to the actors. (Enough to make them look like military personell) if the business he was in didn't fall apart they had a hind helicopter on the way.. shipping and certification was more expensive than the chopper... besides that, it was mostly WW2 era jeeps, tanks, etc..
There was a collector in the Palo Alto area who had stashed up three large warehouses full of tanks. The warehouses were open as a museum until recently. He had acquired some of the tanks for just $5000 (time of purchase unknown) from liquidation sale of the former soviet military equipment. Transportation to the US had cost him $50-80K for each tank. Fortunately for you (and unfortunately for everyone else) the collection was going to be liquidated or moved. So if you feel like buying a tank you could get one in the Silicon Valley. http://www.yelp.com/biz/military-vehicle-technology-foundati...
If you do buy any of this kit you might want to read the novel "Red Army" and imagine what it might have been like fighting your way through NATO forces in West Germany in the 1980s:
Those are 'export prices', local price is 1/10-1/30 of listed ones. I think someone made this site as a joke, or maybe counting on one sale to offset all of his costs.
You can get those in Poland too, not sure about the export terms and regulations but it should be similar. This place is fairly close to the city I grew up in.
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[ 3.8 ms ] story [ 108 ms ] threadThey also have up to 4 inch thick 12x36 inch plate (only $8,000) and several other dimensions of sheets and rods: http://www.amazonsupply.com/dp/B00MB366WA (Grade 5, higher strength alloy)
Free shipping, no customs, brand new.
I can't imagine how difficult customs would be when importing old military equipment from Russia.
You can also go with the american v-100 (gage) if you are lucky enough to find one. They come up on ebay occasionally
If the Philippines can buy them for a few million I think a U.S. citizen should be able to. Never liked Yachts but I need an armored boat in my life. Mostly for trips to Japan.
I genuine considered it for a bit but the wife wasn't impressed when I told her the fuel tank took £22,000 to fill up :)
http://www.sovietarmor.com/catalog/armored/wla_42.html
If only...
We need less car than we think we do.
Source: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142412788732443980...
Full disclosure: I drive my daughter to Montessori school every morning in Jeep Wrangler Rubicon.
That was funny, I cussed for the next few miles.
That said, I generally find myself having to move something big once a week during the summer months for landscaping, remodelling, maintenance, play, etc, and those are the times when I find my pickup to be indispensable.
Maybe when relayrides is more ubiquitous, I'll rethink the truck, but right now it's a luxury at about $17k.
UHaul is always an option, too.
Still that APC looks pretty fun :-D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army_%28novel%29
http://www.sovietarmor.com/catalog/armored/ats_59.html
http://www.motodemont.com.pl/pl/podstrony/id/4_sprzet_wojsko...