Narco tank
A narco tank (also called rhino truck, or monstruo, Script error: No such module "Language with name/for".[1]) is an improvised fighting vehicle made from a civilian truck with improvised vehicle armour, which combines operational mobility, tactical offensive, and defensive capabilities. They are used by the drug cartels and other gangs in the Mexican Drug War.[2][3][4][5] About twenty such armoured trucks have been seized in Tamaulipas state alone, four of which were later destroyed.[6] On May 22, 2011 one such "tank" was seized in Jalisco.[7]
In 2015, Mexican authorities found a narco tank factory in Nuevo Laredo that had eight vehicles in it, which were in the process of having armor plates with gun holes added to them.[8] Some narco tanks have improvised battering rams on the front to break though roadblocks.[9]
See also
References
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- Narco tanks found by the Mexican authorities
- Earlier version of a narco tank
- Los "monstruos" del narco
- Tanks Encyclopedia provides an excellent look into Narco Tanks
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