How effective are technicals as fighting vehicles?

>>31345492
They are transport vehicles with mounted weapons.
How do you think?
Well enough if everyone you're shooting at makes less than $1000/yr.

>>31345492
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x9ykqGHI_0

effective about threefiddy percent of the time

>>31345492
On one hand, they lack any kind of armor. On the other, they're fast enough that you can be there and gone before the other guys have a chance to get their weapons.

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>>31345492
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_War

they can be stunningly effective given the right conditions

>>31346957
I-is that an office chair they literally tied to the back?

>>31347023
The beauties of kebab engineering

>>31347023
Are you anti-comfy operating, anon?

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>>31345492
Depends. If you're in a third world warzone its rather invaluable as both a transport and a mobile heavy weapon platform rolled into one.

>>31346957

FOR THE GLA

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Well it's a start.

they let ISIS quickly cover more ground in the middle east then has happened since the gulf war

I mean yeah they probably work pretty well in the context of how they are used, now i'd consider the 1st world alternatives like the Humvee to be probably more effective because it's more expensive and was designed to be in a combat situation, unlike the random-ass toyota they just attached a big-ass machine gun to.

With a good driver and good use of environment? Pretty damn useful. But that's like 5% of the time and generally involves an actual trained military as opposed to the bulk it's users.

It's almost like asking how effective pipe bombs are.

>>31347810
Though Toyotas are cheaper to maintain, which is good for a third world force with crappy logistics.

Well it's a vehicle that is relatively small, fast and mobile. If you can avoid getting (((LIQUIFIED))) it can be pretty useful.

>>31345492
It depends where in the world you are, and whom your enemy is.

In the Middle East where a lot of combat is very hit and run, the lack of weight and mobility of technicals is a real advantage.

>>31345492
they are cheap as fuck and fast
with a .50 its nice for long range infantry support against soft targets
thats about it

>>31345492
easy to get part
fast
cheap

not bullet proof.

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I can't breathe oh god.

In 1914 cavalry would move in fast, dismount, fire, and move out.
Technicals are used in a similar way. Lack of armor is evident but is a secondary issue.

A technical is about as expensive to maintain as as a Publix sub and it goes fast in kebab land where they need to shoot other brown people very quickly.

For the applications they're usually used in, it's great. modern cavalry/10

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>>31349952
>Chads cucked the libs
I didn't need those sides anyway.

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>>31345492
Pretty effective. They are highly mobile, able to carry infantry, provide support with heavy weapons and have a very small logistical footprint.

>>31347730
for a bunch of nig nogs this is an impressive little protective shell

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Pretty good until you hit an IED

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>>31345492
depends, some ideas work better than others:
1/2

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>>31350559
2/2

>>31347756
where's the wire cutter that prevents the gunners from getting strangled by random wires set up by the enemy?

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>>31345492
They're what sold me on Toyotas and Nissans. We waxed some hajjis that were in a Nissan Navara and towed it back to our COP. A few days later after some work it was now a repurposed IP vehicle. Can't think of anything I like more vehicle wise than Frontiers or Tacomas.

>>31345492
Great for terrorizing unarmed civilians.

Okay-ish at providing fire support during urban combat against poorly trained and equipped adversaries.

Not great for any sort of heavy fighting.