http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: OT: Crowdsourcing - APCs en Wed, 13 May 2026 03:38:36 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5808#post-62508 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:47:24 +0000 recombodna 62508@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I would go with morningsider. On closer inspection the front end and body are slightly different to the marauder and the Puma M26-15 has different wheels / wheel nut configuration. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5808#post-62502 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:16:55 +0000 Morningsider 62502@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>SRD - an interesting question, what does the henchman about town like to be seen in. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5808#post-62446 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:06:42 +0000 Uberuce 62446@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Do I recognise that from District 9? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5808#post-62439 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:51:48 +0000 SRD 62439@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>hmmm...just struck me that they looked 'south african' as in evolved from casspirs but you could be right. I am not an expert, and the one expert I rely on for these sorts of things is not accessible at present. </p> <p>would be fascinating to know how they think about design for 'city' versus 'battlefield' and more generally what feeds into their designs these days.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5808#post-62434 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:43:05 +0000 kaputnik 62434@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I don't think it's a Casspir - the bonnet is too long and the Casspir has a sloped top and a two leaf rear door. It looks slightly less chunky than a Marauder also, the side window arangement also doesn't fit.</p> <p>I think it's something slightly older and more based on truck components rather than military - more paramilitary than the above 2 suggestions (although they all look similar, as the ugliness is dictated by functionality) which are aimed at the battlefield rather than city streets.</p> <p>To me it looks like another South African beast - the <a href="http://www.militarysystems-tech.com/files/militarysystems/supplier_docs/m26.pdf">OTT M26 Puma</a>. Apparently this is a "protected" rather than "resistant" vehicle and more aimed at paramilitary, police and other commercial users like cash in transit companies. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5808#post-62433 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:42:19 +0000 Morningsider 62433@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ironically, I had to look up what recondite meant. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5808#post-62432 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:38:12 +0000 SRD 62432@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>oooh, very convincing. still south african mind you (which is sort of the key thing they want to know). </p> <p>Thanks! you guys continue to be an impressive source of recondite knowledge. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5808#post-62428 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:08:58 +0000 Morningsider 62428@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>SRD - Major edit: I've changed my mind. I think it is a Puma M26-15 produced by OTT Vehicles (really!) of South Africa. Brochure at:</p> <p><a href="http://www.ott.co.za/OTTPUMASPECENG.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.ott.co.za/OTTPUMASPECENG.pdf</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5808#post-62414 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:10:37 +0000 SRD 62414@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ta! have passed your suggestion (which confirmed the hunches of both MRSRD and a geographer from St Andrew's) on to the Malawians who made the original request. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5808#post-62413 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:25:47 +0000 recombodna 62413@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Maybe I should get one. Be handy for the school run eh? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5808#post-62412 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:13:27 +0000 SRD 62412@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>yeah, that's what we're thinking. definitely a got a familial resemblence to the old caspirs. thanks! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5808#post-62409 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:58:17 +0000 recombodna 62409@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Looks like a marauder to me <a href="http://www.malprensa.com/archives/marauder-truck-hala-atras-pa-mi-pasa/" rel="nofollow">http://www.malprensa.com/archives/marauder-truck-hala-atras-pa-mi-pasa/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5808#post-62407 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:33:33 +0000 SRD 62407@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Anyone have any idea what this vehicle might be? (one suggestion is a Marauder). More importantly where it is from? It is being used to observe demonstrators in Malawi.</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53569811@N03/6860122910/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7036/6860122910_80871bdeb3.jpg"></a> </p>