One Stop Soviet shop

[upnorth]

Looking back, I seem to have neglected to post a few pics of land vehicles from Ostrava in September 2010:

Here's a Czech BMP-2:






Some views down the hatches of a T-72 M4-CZ:




Various vehicles and gear that make up the SA-6 "Gainful" SAM system:







The recently retired rocket launcher unit:

[Taiidantomcat]

That Sa-6 and radar have great camo!! 

[upnorth]

I agree about the camo, you also see it on their T-72 based vehicles and the Dana SPG vehicle.

I really wish my photo of the SAM unit's badge on the driver's door of the Zil truck had turned out. It was this really cool image of a frog catching a fighter on it's tongue.

[Taiidantomcat]

More here with (Plenty of) interior shots on the next page

http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2011/01/31/welcome-to-an-airbase-this-time-not-abandoned/







More here with (Plenty of) interior shots

http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2011/01/31/welcome-to-an-airbase-this-time-not-abandoned/3/







More here:

http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2010/06/23/kachinsky-air-garrison-helicopters/

[GTX]

Nice photos of the Mils in snow - inspiration for diorama!

Regards,

Greg

[Maverick]

Gorgeous Kamovs too, thanks for sharing.

Regards,

Mav

[Hobbes]

MAZ tractor in civilian use:

[Mossie]

That's one load you really don't want to shift.  Surely they had a specialist trailer for it?

[chrisonord]

It looks like the shuttle is about to slide off 
Chris.

[rickshaw]

I think he's pulled off onto the shoulder of the road to allow traffic past.  Bad mistake with a load that heavy.  The angle is such it looks like it is about to slip off but its more than firmly secured.  I'd be more worried about the shoulder collapsing although, there, in Winter its not likely.  The ground is more than like as hard, if not harder than the tarmac of the road.   

[GTX]

Well, a bit of a stretch to call it Soviet these days, but still :



Regards,

Greg

[Hobbes]

That's one load you really don't want to shift.  Surely they had a specialist trailer for it?

More photos and a video:http://community.livejournal.com/heavytransport/9728.html

[Mossie]

Thanks Harro!  Quite some photos there.  I guess the one in the video is a different machine.  I translated into English with Google Translate, the site sounds pretty pro-Soviet twenty years later!

[GTX]

Not all MiG-25s were grey:




Not all Yak-38s are ship based:



and some photos of subs are taken at different angles:



Regards,

Greg

[GTX]

Interesting colour choice:



Regards,

Greg