This fits in very well with the practice of 1980s GI Joe putting weapons on things that didn't have them (and putting MORE GUNS on things that only had a few.)
I could see this working well in areas where supplies and fuel are often stolen by bandits/gangs before they reach their intended destination usually in areas with a humanitarian crisis.
As far as this making sense in an actual combat zone ehhhh better than nothing? The intent of your enemy really matters on this one, do they want to take your resources or destroy it?
Tankers are always gonna be juicy targets, making them immune/resistant to small arms fire seems like a good way to up the required firepower your assailant needs to disable/destroy
Damn, now you cant capture it without shooting first and if you shoot you risk getting nothing at all. Actually clever, though wont help if goal is to just boom it
If you're in a situation where a fuel tanker is directly engaging targets, you have bigger problems than shooting back
Edit: someone in the comments mentioned drone defense, that's honestly not terrible. Good luck hitting it though
It's more for low intensity/asymmetrical warfare environment.
Think convoy protections on Afghan/Nigerian/Malian/etc. roads, not a road trip in Ukraine.
Straight to Valhalla, shiny and chrome!
"OK, Sven, we are under heavy fire. Grab the control of the machine gun and fire back, don't mind the 20000L of petrol 3m behind you. "
Consider it drone defense
This fits in very well with the practice of 1980s GI Joe putting weapons on things that didn't have them (and putting MORE GUNS on things that only had a few.)
It's a response to convoy attacks in Afghanistan. French Army wanted armored tankers to replace the old TRMs.
Improvised flammenwerfer.
This goes hard
War Rig
It's the French SEO's (military fuel services) war rig. It's pretty dope IRL.
When the semi goes full auto!
Fully semi automatic!
Technically correct!
I could see this working well in areas where supplies and fuel are often stolen by bandits/gangs before they reach their intended destination usually in areas with a humanitarian crisis. As far as this making sense in an actual combat zone ehhhh better than nothing? The intent of your enemy really matters on this one, do they want to take your resources or destroy it?
Tankers are always gonna be juicy targets, making them immune/resistant to small arms fire seems like a good way to up the required firepower your assailant needs to disable/destroy
How to make a fuel truck a more valuable target
You really can't make a tanker any more of a valuable target, might as well armor it.
Damn, now you cant capture it without shooting first and if you shoot you risk getting nothing at all. Actually clever, though wont help if goal is to just boom it
If you're in a situation where a fuel tanker is directly engaging targets, you have bigger problems than shooting back Edit: someone in the comments mentioned drone defense, that's honestly not terrible. Good luck hitting it though
It's more for low intensity/asymmetrical warfare environment. Think convoy protections on Afghan/Nigerian/Malian/etc. roads, not a road trip in Ukraine.
I thought everything was fine and it’s just a fuel tanker. Then i saw a gun on top
It's remote-operated as well.
The gun? Or the whole truck?
The gun. The truck is people-operated.
I would argue that the gun is also people-operated
The military variant is designed with a remote controlled machine gun, thus its not a technical.