![]() ![]() Battelle outfits vehicles with about a ton of extra armor, slipped between the vehicle frame and interior, out of sight and out of mind. The vehicles are stripped down and individual parts modified with the new equipment. US special forces soldier with Hilux truck. According to the company, it’s been creating what it calls “non-standard commercial vehicles” since 2004. The difference between a Land Cruiser driven by a SEAL and by a local warlord, however, is about 3,500 pounds of hidden equipment, including armor, reinforced struts and suspension, tactical equipment, and an electrical system that can drive high power electronics.=īattelle, an applied sciences and technology company based in Columbus, Ohio has put out a video explaining how it turns ordinary vehicles into extraordinary ones. Vehicles like Toyota HiLux pickup trucks and Series 70 Land Cruisers, are extremely common in the Third World, often used cast-offs from wealthier Western countries and Japan. The vehicles are stripped down and then built back up again with special mission equipment and up to a ton of armor plating, all of it nigh invisible to the untrained eye. ![]() A new video shows how one company takes civilian pickup trucks and SUVs common in combat zones and turns them into undercover rides for the CIA, Delta Force, Navy SEALs, and other operators. Their vehicles, which may appear normal from the outside, are anything but. special forces don't just ride around in any old truck. ![]()
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