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Kraz 255B : where has it been used ?
brunocollin
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Posted: Friday, November 01, 2013 - 05:52 AM UTC
The Roden kit seems very interesting.
But was that truck used in Afghanistan ?
Were there "gun truck" versions ?
Miniman Factory site shows one with a D-30 on the rear deck. Where was it used ?
TIA for your replies.
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Posted: Friday, November 01, 2013 - 06:55 AM UTC
IIRC, this one is a Cuban guntruck in Angola :



and here's a Croatian guntruck :


Here's a resupply truck variant used with the TOS-1 in Afghanistan (88-89) :




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spetsnazgru
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Posted: Friday, November 01, 2013 - 07:34 AM UTC
Frenchy, that last pic, are you sure it's Afghanistan?
Frenchy
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Posted: Friday, November 01, 2013 - 08:21 AM UTC

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Frenchy, that last pic, are you sure it's Afghanistan?


At least that's what I've found here :

http://russianarms.mybb.ru/viewtopic.php?id=1657

Apparently some TOS-1 were used there during Operation Typhoon in the Charikarskaya valley....

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Frenchy
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Posted: Friday, November 01, 2013 - 09:28 AM UTC
The KRAZ + D-30 combo is used by the Cuban army :



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grunt136mike
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Posted: Friday, November 01, 2013 - 01:22 PM UTC
Hi Guys;

GREAT STUFF !! I Really like the Tos-1 pics, I tried too get it in English so that I knew what the were saying, but it did not work. Thanks: Bruno, and Frenchy !!

CHEERS; MIKE.
spetsnazgru
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Posted: Friday, November 01, 2013 - 07:15 PM UTC

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Frenchy, that last pic, are you sure it's Afghanistan?


At least that's what I've found here :

http://russianarms.mybb.ru/viewtopic.php?id=1657

Apparently some TOS-1 were used there during Operation Typhoon in the Charikarskaya valley....
thanks for the link, I was asking because I never knew that TOS was used in Afghanistan, now I know, Charikar valley south of Salang, operation Typhoon, the last major operation by the Soviet army in Afghanistan.
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Gabriello
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Posted: Friday, November 01, 2013 - 07:32 PM UTC
Hi guys!

Hungarian army is Afganistan(ISAF):

http://s570.photobucket.com/user/gurzog/media/ISAF/1287.jpg.html?sort=3&o=96
Frenchy
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Posted: Friday, November 01, 2013 - 07:46 PM UTC
Here's another view of the Croatian guntruck that appears to be in fact based on the earlier KrAZ 214 truck, but it shouldn't be too hard to turn a 255 into a 214




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young_sven
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Posted: Friday, November 01, 2013 - 07:54 PM UTC
That Cuban truck (above) has very similar cammo colours to Finnish vehicles.

Speaking of which, Finland also used the Kraz I believe. The Finnish splinter cammo makes for an attractive vehicle.
Frenchy
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Posted: Friday, November 01, 2013 - 08:01 PM UTC

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http://s570.photobucket.com/user/gurzog/media/ISAF/1287.jpg.html?sort=3&o=96


Hi Gabor

Thanks for the picture, but the pictured truck is a URAL wrecker truck, not a KrAZ...

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