Honduras army SPAAG, and anti armour vehicle.

[chrisonord]

Due to the higher than thought number of aircraft, and armour in use by the cartel, the Honduras army needed some new kit to combat this.
Two of the armys old AMX 30's were sent away to South Africa, and 4 months later came back as self propelled anti aircraft guns. The new turret consists of a pair of liquid cooled 40 mm rapid fire cannon, capable of firing a a multitude of ammo, giving it the capability to target ground and armoured tagets as well as any air craft and helicopter. Armoured or not. The set up is very similar to that used on the old Gepard unit, but has been updated and made easy to use due to a lot of automation.
The other vehicles have come direct from France in the shape of 5 VAB 4x4 APC's, these have been modified to fire the TOW missile. This missile system was chosen as the Honduras has a large number of these missiles purchased from the U.S. The launcher is a quad box launcher, which is optically guided by a crew member inside the vehicle. The vehicle has a crew of 4 and 8 missile reloads can be carried.








Cheers,
Chris. 

[Steel Penguin]

Chris : would i be right in thinking resin from old crow?
masterfuly done though .

[chrisonord]

Chris : would i be right in thinking resin from old crow?
masterfuly done though .

They sure are 
Chris.

[ChernayaAkula]

Great designs! 

[johnestauffer]

Fascinating designs - I love to see older vehicles modified to new standards

[rickshaw]

I like the Old Crow accessories.  40mm might be a bit big for that turret though.  Not much room there for ammunition.  The Sgt. York DIVAD with its massive turret carried only 580 rounds, which at a rate of 330 RPM meant it carried only ~1.5 minutes of continuous firing (not that it could fire that long).  If it was 30 or even 35mm you might be able to fit a reasonable quantity.  Just say they have big water cooling jackets on the barrels.