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Tuesday, 27 April 2010
Toyota Technicals
Where ever there are Somali fighters they inevitably have Toyota Technicals in support.
It's not Toyota unless it says Toyota on the back. I wonder if Toyota have a military sales division? Both models are inspired by pictures on the web of what is an ubiquitous field expedient modification of local transport assets.
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Nice!
ReplyDeleteI have more to come, and bought some castings to chop up into a crew cab variant too.
ReplyDeletenice technicals! I need some for my forces, where did you get them?
ReplyDeleteThey are from Peter Pig miniatures AK47 range.
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