Unique Russian armored cars

Take a look to the unique Russian armored vehicles - "Clown" (designed based on the ZIL-131) and "Toros" (armored SUV) that has recently been delivered to the All-Russian Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art. The amazing these armored cars, and why it is called? Read on!






Designed for military armored SUVs and trucks developed distant from the defense industry specialist.



- We have been taught to do the design of everything from toilet bowls to spoon. The technology is the same, - the designer Oleg Shapkin. - It was necessary to find the original appearance. I did a dynamic structure, so that the enemy, seeing the car, got scared and fled. My task was to make a lasting impression.



As explained by the president of the company, Anatoly Leiria, the design charged a man from another sphere specifically to bring a fresh perspective.



- In this case, the designers managed without violating the style and keeping all lines laid designer does not make the car more expensive, - he said. - Of the same piece of metal, you can make a nice car, and can be ugly.



The line of cars began to develop just a year ago. They have already been tested on the ground in Nizhny Tagil, but to test the combat is not reached. Now the project is already interested in foreign military campaigns, although the developers have focused on the Russian army.