World's Ugliest Vehicle Unveiled

Reaganite Republican ^ | 03 October 2015 | Reaganite Republican

[Reaganite Republican]

From where else- Russia

While the Russians are quickly running out of money -and still can't make a decent toaster- the sky's the limit for the Kremlin when it comes to military stuff. Somehow tho there never seems to be much budget left for styling- instead, they appear to have let their video-game obsessed kids design the thing (while the dog helped).

Yet the ZIL (maker of trucks and Soviet limos) KAT is itself a microcosm of Putin's Russia... overbearing/hyper-macho, in-your-face, brutish, unpolished... not a lot of it makes sense to outsiders, yet they absolutely do not care what you think about it (or them):

a little bit better in profile

The KAT weighs 4.5 tons and can carry 10 fully-armed troops. A prototype was built last year with a Cummins 4-cylinder Diesel, but the 'production' model show here has a Russian Kamaz V-8 Diesel with 700hp. The open-wheels seem a good way to avoid interior damage from any mines ran-over, as the blast would be deflected from the floorboards/passenger compartment.

The radical angle of the front sure out to deflect enemy fire well, but not sure what the thinking is behind the bullseye-red front grill... seems as idiotic as WWI French Army uniforms with their easy-to-target red pants. And if you dropped a jar of epoxy off a bridge or out a window onto that windshield it would probably be stopped cold in its tracks...

Reminds one of a homemade Mexican narco-tank

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[Reaganite Republican]

***PING***

[Old Sarge]

Maybe rims and a new paint job?

[Reaganite Republican]

Needs pimping- maybe Kremlin-gold rims, Russians are way into that

[WayneS]

Nope.

The Pontiac Aztec is still uglier.

[Safetgiver]

I thought it was that Pontiac thing that only a lesbian could like. Aztec?

[Reaganite Republican]

Ha! You may be right, but it’s -thankfully- out of production

[Reaganite Republican]

Maybe a blind lesbian

[ErnBatavia]

The tornado chasers be lovin’ that look...

[W.]

That's just wrong. ;)

Also, it looks more Polish than Russian...

And tell Ivan his R/F tire needs air. Sheesh!

[P8riot]

Yep. The ugliest vehicle ever produced

[I want the USA back]

That mean ugly-a$$ vehicle ain’t got no reason to look pretty.

[Reaganite Republican]

It’s only flat on one side

[Flavious_Maximus]

Looks like a high-tech garbage truck. Soylent Green anyone?

[freedumb2003]

Not even close to as ugly as OUR ugliest car ever:

[RetiredArmy]

Obama’s izzzlumic off road V-hicle.

[buwaya]

Its just a light armored car for internal security use.
Not meant for “serious” war.
Its something like this, which was very popular in its day -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorland_armoured_car
or this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Rover_Tangi
Just armored Land Rovers.

[freedumb2003]

GMTA! :)

[blueunicorn6]

Well, the thinking is that reclining the front like that helps projectiles “skip” off instead of penetrate. It also makes the armor “thicker”.

[Reaganite Republican]

It does have some interesting practical design features, all the bulletproof glass an gun ports