IF you have ever stood next to one of these mining dump trucks they are not built to run on a normal highway because they are just so huge. The tires are usually around 10 to 12 feet tall and the truck itself is around 20 or more feet high. They are built to carry mining ore (everything from Shale for oil to copper to other metals) dug up from open pit mines. So, turning this into a bomb with the dump truck filled with explosives is pretty ominous. It would be like taking about 2 to 4 train engines and turning them into bombs. So, if they wanted to blow up the center of a city this is likely what they would use to run over 7 foot barriers with those huge tires like a monster 4 wheel drive truck. By the way look at this photo carefully. The car in the background where top of the roof is on the SUV is going to be much lower than the axle of the wheel of the truck. IN fact, the wheels are so big on this truck it likely could run over about 100 of these types of SUVs in low gear and just keep right on going much like a large army tank unless the tires got punctured or something like that. I'm not sure if these are inflated tires are not also.
ISIS TURNS 100 TON DUMP TRUCK INTO IED
When dealing
with terrorists, it seems that anything and everything that could be
used as an instrument of war, will be. For instance, earlier this month,
ISIS turned a massive Belaz dump truck, something designed to construct
dams and other massive projects, into a one hundred ton IED. According
to Jalopnik, the dump truck was modified
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ISIS Turns 100-Ton Dump Truck Into IED
Jonathon Klein
When
dealing with terrorists, it seems that anything and everything that
could be used as an instrument of war, will be. For instance, earlier
this month, ISIS turned a massive Belaz dump truck, something
designed to construct dams and other massive projects, into a one
hundred ton IED.
According to Jalopnik,
the dump truck was modified to become a platform for a suicide attack
against forces loyal to President Assad of Syria. The dump truck was
modified to repel gunfire, smash through obstacles and barriers, and
small explosions as it made its way to a key air base.
The
base itself is one that Syria and the rest of the Middle East should be
worried about falling into the hands of these terrorists. Inside, Syria
not only keeps combat ready aircraft, but it is also full of fuel,
other military vehicles, weapons, and a stockpile of bombs. Something
that definitely shouldn’t end up in their hands.
While the gargantuan dump truck wasn’t able to plow its way all the way into the base, it goes to show that ISIS is willing to use whatever means necessary to get what the group wants.
What’s
more frightening is that these tactics of using large, industrial
machinery essentially as battering rams is becoming more common each
day. And what’s worse is that ISIS has been using waves of these
vehicles to borough deeper and deeper into the strongholds of Syria.
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