Meet the UK’s private 'arms dealer' keeping Ukraine fighting
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- čas přidán 16. 04. 2023
- Military vehicles for Ukraine’s war effort, sold by private arms dealers based in the UK, have soared since Vladimir Putin’s Russia launched a full scale invasion last year.
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As Ukraine’s forces have scrambled to arm themselves in the face of Russia’s onslaught, with towns like Bakhmut and Avdiivka now under daily attack in the war, the demand for weapons has never been higher.
British businessman Nick Mead spent decades buying military vehicles from the UK Ministry of Defence for his entertainment company Tanks A Lot, but since February 2022, Ukrainians desperate for armour have been buying them off him.
We followed 25 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) from Nick’s farm in Northamptonshire to the front lines in Ukraine.
But Nick’s vehicles are not the only ones on the road.
More than £30 million worth of military vehicles were shipped to Ukraine from the UK between April and September 2022 alone, according to government data, while in the whole of 2021 only £37,000 worth of vehicles were sold, in 2020 it was £550,000 and in 2019 nothing was sold.
But, the soaring demand for British armoured vehicles has driven prices up, leading some to accuse sellers of profiteering.
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Producers: Kieron Bryan, Matthew Lucas, Milena Dambelli and Calum Fraser
Graphics: Ian Watkins
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"I guess I'm an arms dealer now. I dunno how that happened."
Brand new sentence.
Ukraine is done, eveyone is pulling out.
Didn’t you hear what he said he make them for film movies war movies
No context Britain
@@wgbhg It's just getting started. Germany and Japan, whose armies devasted the free world seven decades ago are quietly building their militaries. Russia and China form the new Axis and the US, Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan and the most other Asian countries make up the New Allied Forces. I don't think North Korea will invade anyone because as soon as their troops leave North Korea...they will defect. It will literally be China-Russia against the World.
So ordinary Ukrainians raise money to buy used refurbished tanks whilst Ukrainian president Zelensky is accused of stealing $400m of foreign aid WTH 🤦♂️
Just your run of the mill, good, honest and hard working arms dealers.
Mom and pop arms dealers!
There's money in war!
If he were bad and dishonest he would be a Prigozhin
The dream job
Gotta support local businesses
That's the most friendly arms dealing documentary i've ever seen 😂😂😂
u are damn right 🤣🤣🤣
I've met Mick. A genuinely nice guy👍😊
You've seen many, eh?
its 2 faced hypocrisy. Anyone else to do it is branded evil and profits off war. Crazy world we live in.
welcome to Ukraine😊
That a dude I've never heard of can buy 100 APCs, really puts into perspective the private armies that some of these billionaires could put together if so inclined.
that's probably the future. neo-feudalism, with private armies.
they already have, just look at most major powers armies
It's was a entirely based on fundraises. If you look up the Prytula foundation for more info. The donation from regulars plays a huge part in this war.
That dude is very popular in Ukraine, he has one of the most popular Ukrainian charities
War profiteering never felt so good I'm sure the soon to be dead occupants Will appreciate the gesture
An honest arms dealer, first time for everything 😂
'honest'?????????????????????? Hmmmmmmmm 🤨
Wow,, awesome that, i can work the same
@@eros7872 then do. If you can offer the Prytula charity or the Come Back Alive charity some APCs - they will gladly buy them. We win a war and you make some money along the way, we won't even judge you for profiteering because we want to keep being alive.
The first CVRT that I drove was a Spartan. But I would certainly never describe one as being very well armored. The armour is aluminium and can stop normal small arms rounds.
its a battle taxi, mostly armoured only against shrapnel and small arms.
Ukraine is done, eveyone is pulling out.
@@wgbhg Everyone is pulling out? Who is everyone? All I see is the West become ever more deeply invested, now granting fighter planes and tanks.
When you consider alot of these guys are driving around in pick up trucks and other non armoured cars, Spartans to them, would be well armoured and reality is most soft skin vehicles could be taken out by a multitude of weapons, Least small arms is one they can cross of that list.
@@lambertlum1087 Are you shortsighted enough not to see the famously announced spring counteroffensive, expected in a week's time. Or, at least, Russian winter offensive. Nothing will surprise you, I think. Assad must go, Ukraine will win.
„We are all about just fun vehicles“. A man dedicated to his work
An ethical arms dealer…well I’ll be damned
Slav you are a special person for caring your country men/women. From Australia Thank you.
not really he watches his countrymen die by their thousands while he visits other countries. Many people engage in this charity work to avoid conscription and allow them to live away from Ukraine
@@charliederrick1583 Every Tank/APC he brings home he save 100s of lives.
@@charliederrick1583 He already lived in the UK before the start of the war. He is certainly able to contribute more to Ukraine’s defence by sourcing dozens of armoured vehicles for their military instead of being on the frontlines himself.
You can't even take care of the Aborigines 😂
Dear English folks, thank you very much for huge support of Ukraine! Cheers from Kyiv!
Lol
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(CNN) Germany is preparing another massive military package (2.7 billion Euro) for Ukraine. It will contain:
- 4x IRIS-T SLM firing units
- 12x IRIS-T SLS launchers
- 30x Leopard 1 A5
- 20x Marder IFVs
- 18x RCH 155 Haubitze
- Hundreds of SLM and SLS missiles
- Artillery ammunition
- 200x surveillance drones
- 100x MRAPS
- 100x logistic support vehicles
@@dpelpal Latest months, Germany, at last, started active military support of Ukraine's armed forces and, as a result, protecting Ukrainian civilians that didn't flee!
Special THANK YOU to Germany people for donating an air defence systems - IRIS-T and Gepard - they are VERY effective against Ruzzian non-balistic missiles and Shahed kamikaze drones!
@@gnatkoloradov5349 Sounds like they're effectrive against russian aircraft too, becuase this morning 2 KA52 Helicopters and 2 Su24 bombers were downed by Ukraine!🥳🥳🥳
I wish Ukraine had some 50 Gepards and appropriate ammunition on February 24th 2022, covering Northern part of Kyiv region... We could then counter massive Ruzzian invation by helicopters and could have saved thousands of lives in Hostomel, Borodianka and Butcha.
Very interesting report. I had no idea you can buy military vehicles without government's bureaucracy
Ukraine is done, eveyone is pulling out.
It isn't that hard with the right paperwork in the US. What is hard is weapons and munitions, especially explosives. In the US thousands of people own private arsenals of military hardware.
vehicles are just vehicles... working guns & ammunition is another story tho!
@@wgbhg source: putins hairline
@@rickjames18 It's exceptionally hard to purchase armoured vehicles in the US. They are very rarely sold to the public from the US government when surplused. There is a big trade in ex-UK armoured vehicles going to the US to collectors.
War is a racket. This latest one is one of the worst.
Hope someone told that to Putin before he started his unprovoked and genocidal invasion against the people of Ukraine.
I have every sympathy for him. It is his lovely hood and people will give him grief for making money of the situation but without his skill and resources none of this would happen.
Thank you for your understanding. My family have known Nick and his family for donkey's years. I can honestly say that he is one of the kindest, nicest, most decent people out there. He's an "accidental arms dealer", doing this purely because he has the contacts and the know-how, and he genuinely wants to help Ukraine.
The problem is that, before the war, he was not used to dealing with snakes - and he's genuinely been appalled to be a part of some of the profiteering initiated by others. It was never what he wanted - he just wanted to help and earn a fair wage. He's tried to make the best of a bad situation, learn from it, and only sell to those who have prove themselves trustworthy - so he shouldn't be blamed for their greed.
People have to remember that, in a cost of living crisis (caused by the pandemic, Brexit, Truss tanking the economy, and the war), his original leisure business has suffered because people don't have as much money for fun days out. So this has kept him, his family, his business (& business associates) afloat. The man's got to pay his bills. He is also trying to do the right thing. His heart is in the right place and pretty much everyone who knows him would vouch for that 👍
@@Wherethereisnodarkness 'accidental' in the sense he owns tanks for fun days out. Bc of the war he's had money shoved under his nose.
Guess it's OK being a criminal. Spineless cowards
@@Wherethereisnodarkness he’s owned them for years with no intention of selling them for use in war and now he’s selling them to Ukrainians because he wants them to be able to use them.
@@Wherethereisnodarkness I love to ride around in 'death machines'!
over here in Belgium private owners have a mind bogglingly huge tank force.... with working guns and everything, while our military has none LOL
This world certainly is fucked up right now isn’t it👍🏼😂
And he wants a mind bogglingly huge price before he'll sell them, and yet the Belgian government is still in their 25 year deliberation phase before saying "We have seized your vehicles. Here's the price you bought it for plus 30%, now be glad we don't throw you off the nearest tall building."
@@nvelsen1975 wth are you talking about dude xD our government is very reasonable.
@@noidontthinksolol
I'm talking about Belgium being a failed state and a meme at the same time, where it takes on average 30 years to make a decison, and what they decide, well for each party the decision affects, there is a special excemption.
...And then another 4 years to decide what language the decision will be published in.
More seriously, Belgium is the country where people have died because a guy of the railways decided that speaking Dutch was beneath his French self, so he ignored a warning on the telephone of two trains speeding towards eachother on the same track.
That's the level of sectarianism.
@@nvelsen1975 LOOOOOOOOOOL wtf are you talking about dude 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂 we are doing pretty damn good for a failed state 🤣
end this war now! Peace!
Even if he is profiting he does the right thing giving them to Ukraine
I talked to nick mead few months back wanting to buy a apc. Shipping costs are unbelievable
@@jordanfires9777 oh so THAT'S what they've got parked outside Wellington Barracks, I ride past it almost every day and have always wondered what that weird tiny car tank thing is. Never heard of a Ferret, had to look it up.
When the movie comes out, I can picture Hugh Grant playing Nick.
If i were him i wouldn't be so quick to describe myself as an 'Actual Arms Dealer'.
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Great jobs man!! Thumb for Victory...
Ukraine is done, eveyone is pulling out.
@@wgbhg are you deluded ? Get some help.
It's over. Ukraine have lost, it's time to stop calling for more death and destruction.
@@wgbhg the russians are pulling out there retreating very quickly
Remember manpower, equipment means nothing without people to use it.
"That's what I am now. I'm not proud of it." You know, for some people, not bring proud of something might be a decent reason not to do it; or, at least, not to make a documentary about it.
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Love those Spartan vehicles!! Hope to see lots more in action in the coming months (and not too many blown up!!) . Gotta love Nick as well! Nothing wrong with making some $$ while helping kick psychopathic killers out of a struggling democracy!! Glory to all defenders of Ukraine.
Just saw one on fire! Do you know who Stepan Bandera is and why they celebrate his birthday every January?
@@theclotshotdidit3115 1) One UA vehicle on fire and Five-Six russian vehicles on fire, seems ok.
2) A fighter for independence and a concentration camp prisoner? Yep we do know.
Were his methods terroristic sometimes? Yes. Was he a nazi? No. He was a nationalist. When your nation is constantly being occupied by russians (who was ok, from time to time - to slaughter your elites (Executed Renaissance), ban your culture, steal your history, starve to death millions of civillians (Holodomor) etc..), Poles, Austrians or Hungarians, so yes it can, should and will - give birth to people like Bandera.
But you're free to spit some $hit here, even Third rei*h had its propagandists and supporters, so you're not alone
Never heard of him.. is he a lap dancer?
@@theclotshotdidit3115 Was he the actor in El Mariachi ?
@@abrahamlevi3556 What specs make one better than the other?
Thanks to all civilized world for support!
The ukrainian volunteer on video - Sergiy Prytula was my neighbor before he moved to Kyiv)
Ukraine is done, eveyone is pulling out.
@@wgbhg in your wet dream
@@wgbhg 😂😂😂
@@wgbhg not until Russia leave
@@ammalessingtaweesak4316 Z
Slava Ukraine! ✌🇺🇦 🇬🇧
I've met Mick. A genuinely nice guy👍😊
£25,000-60,000 for a Spartan, bargain!
I know what my next commute is gonna be after my mazda conks out.
God bless UK! Glory to Ukraine! Glory to Heroes!
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." J.F.K.
"Well armoured".
Not exactly what I'd say about a Spartan but I guess when you compare it to a t-shirt it might be.
Beats a rain mack but only just.
"It ain't much, but it's honest work"
Leaving bodies around could ruin the whole process.
That's so messed up that someone bought the vehicles & didn't pick them up bc they want to keep them & sell them for a higher price when there's a shortage. Seeing as they are on his property, I would give them a deadline to pick them up & if they didn't, then I'd refund them & sell them to someone else trusted!
I would be charging a daily storage rate of sufficient value to negate the increase of cost vs demand, the money gained could be used to offset the cost on other equipment as it looks like Nick has plenty of space to store equipment so it would be essentially free money for him so he could give back without being out of pocket and also deter people from doing this.
@@slacko1971 exactly!
Imagine a Chinese or Syrian dude selling tanks to Russia, world would go mad!
Of course some Chinese, Syrian....N. Korea, etc "dudes" are selling arms to Russia. Wake up and take a shot of Vodka !!
You doing your active duty sir, your one of the people supplying Ukraine with what they need to continue fighting.
Anyone who provide weapons to Iran or Russia now would be called 'terrorist'. Weapons to Ukraine? You're a 'hero'!
I understand the armored vehicles are considered obsolete but the government MOD could have bought the vehicles back at a fair price compulsory!
@@theclotshotdidit3115russonazis
There, fixed it for you
@@theclotshotdidit3115 - Why are you saving ??? Are you poor ???
No , Zelenskyy should start using his money instead hiding them , like the rest of rich people in Ukraine not use the money to west stuff just except use our tax money and demands moneys what our stupid government rise money for them
Thats not how it works. UK Gov has had to purchase armoured vehicles off that has been surplused before (FV432 for conversion to Bulldog for Iraq). It cost them 10 times the amount it was sold for to get it back...
@@theclotshotdidit3115 looking at all of your CZcams posting history, it’s obvious you are English, but also a fascist. I’d be careful holding your views in that country.
A few APCs here and there provide for a heart-warming story but will not do the trick. We need to send them thousands to get this over with.
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Thanks to people of UK for the real help that You do.
give us back our money
Good on you,,, you didn’t buy to sell...
That’s the difference son...💯💯💯🏴🏴🏴💯💯💯👌👌👌💯💯💯🎯🎯🎯💯💯💯🤛🤛🤛
“I’m not proud of it,” he says. “Well, you should be,” I say. ANYTHING that helps Ukraine is the work of the angels. Slava Ukraine. ✌️🇺🇦🇬🇧
in some ways it does in his entertainment business, and as to costs , have you seen the tank etc resto channels with the sheer hard work to repair non battle damaged tanks,
Proud of being a merchant of death in NATO's proxy war against Russia?
Okay.
@@mukadoyouseph8614 While you could argue US is using the situation in Ukraine to deplete Russian military strength, all Russia has to do is turn round and go home, its not difficult.
@@mukadoyouseph8614 : Why do all you peaceniks spout propaganda for Putin? It’s entirely up to him to go home. When you say peace, you mean Ukraine’s surrender. Forget it, kid.
@@highpath4776 Tell the same to Israel
Nato and the West are benefiting from this. Ukraine will end up in a toxic debt that it can never repay back. There was peace until Ukraine got excited by wanting to joining NATO.
Thank you, Nick! You're the man
I bet there are more than a few ex Cold-War REME Mechs out there doing pack lifts on those vehicles.
It’s pretty wild how this guy got started.
I browse tanks a lot even though I know I couldn’t buy one because they’re super expensive but I wondered if you could make your own army with tanks online. Now they’re really in service
We need good people like these two in England. God bless you. And no you are not profiteers in my eyes.
Not profiteer, opportunist is the right word
@@thereptiofgod7888 right opportunity to help ukraine.
@@dohj4959 Or the right opportunity to save a lot of money for his grandkids (or for himself), but I don't really care to be honest, if he wants to make some profits why not, whatever if he support Ukraine or not, but believing that it will help Ukraine is very naive from my point of view, a lot of people died and will die from both sides, Ukrainians and Russians soldiers, including civilians casualties, but the west countries don't care about that, they want to see Russia suffer from economic sanctions, but I'm used to hypocrisy, I'm French yknow, it's pretty common, one day we see Ukraine as a precious ally (coming from nowhere) and some month later we are bored and no one bothers about it, hypocrisy is a common syndrome to Europe, especially when America is concerned directly or indirectly, I could give you some examples but what's the point, if you really cared about Ukraine you wouldn't want the war to continue, but you do, because I assume you're not Ukrainian, and there's not shot fire and explosions near your house killing your neighbors (and if you are Ukrainians, you have the rights to defend your country, but don't expect everyone to support you especially when you try to drag the entire Europe in your war)
We’ll that depends on the margin
Our ancestors will be turning in their graves knowing we are arming the Ukrainian Nazis
Getting rich and fat from people's blood. Nothing more
It's fund being laundered
God bless good people!
where ? not here.
Legit TARGET 🎯
Shivers made timbers Peter
You couldn’t fight sleep 😂
@@rikkivet3407 How would you know? You fake crippled vet.
That's actually sad getting rid of your own settlement of joy to a nation that will just waste it all.
Nick, keep up the great work!! Slava 🇺🇦
Great work? Do you realise how many Ukrainians are dying? But the media want you cheering it on! It's not a football match!
That spartan never died. It just went missing in action.
thank you! and even if you have money it is a problem to buy equipment... Greetings from Ukraine!
All surplus equipment in the west should be delivered to Ukraine
Hes doing the right thing good on him 👍👊💪🇺🇦
What, making a profit from selling junk at inflated prices. If he really wanted to help Ukraine he’d give them away for free.
But this is all about helping himself not Ukraine
That's not a destroyed spartan near the end of the vid ..its a russian apc
The 2. one in the background...
And ukraine also use soviet style apc
There's 2 in the video the spartan is in front of the MTLB
Well armoured as long as they don’t take a hit in that body filler 🤣
Thanks for giving us an insight on this
i hope he checks who is serving his tea from now on
Firstly, the Govn should be compulsory purchasing all these sort of private equipment and shipping them to Ukraine, plus any surplus Warriors etc we don`t use anymore. It is our duty to fight against this Nazism. Ukraine shouldn`t have to struggle to get this. Secondly, Nick should take care from now on. Putin has hit out at smaller things.
I get you, but the way they’re doing it currently has its benefits as It actually moves faster through these private channels as it avoids all the bureaucracy 🤷🏼♂️
Paperwork, rubber stamping approvals, authorisations checking said approvals and authorisations for yet more rubber stamps, etc.... 9 months later it makes it out the door for transport.
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fight against this Nazism you do relise its the Ukrainians that are labeled Nazis. not the Russians. Stepan Bandera Ukrainian Nazis
Not sure about that mate. This way nobody can point at the government about the amount of money that's being sent to Ukraine as these are all freely given donations.
Crazy how people think this is good because they’re on ‘our side’
So if someone sale to Russia,are the going to treat him the same way as him
Ukraine is the LAND OF LEGENDS
According to leaked documents, Zelensky skimmed over US$400 million of US taxpayer's money meant for oil purchases. A legend indeed
@@ViolentCabbage-ym7ko Money well spent to defeat Russia.
@@ChosenOne6666 And that is why US banks are failing and its national debt is over $30 trillions.
@@ViolentCabbage-ym7ko lol, funny how leaked doc citates ilya kiva, alcoholic idiot who bought his phd and is literally a meme in Ukraine’s politics
its so easy to feed you with bs lol
@@ViolentCabbage-ym7ko Good i will donate more to UNITED24 for drones against russia
this dude slav is the realest man on this planet. he bought two armored trucks on THE DAY russia invaded ukraine and drove them there HIMSELF.
what a legend
To be honest this dudes is making money of it... If they want to help give it free
I hope that Nick and other British equipment suppliers have some sort of written UK govt dispensation from the relevant arms export regulations, as the restrictions and penalties for export of items on the controlled lists are severe. One cannot take anything on trust from a UK ministry, particularly the DO and DTI. Whats nodded through today might be prosecuted tomorrow. Already there are numerous product lines blocked from export to Ukraine, because the companies involved have been refused export certificates.
problem is if decent technology gets captured by russians. I imagine most of this older stock has the best use as back up on defence lines close to the existing borders rather than immediate front line use
Good point - Export Control is a big deal.
This entire conflict is about business
what conflicts aren't? stop acting like this is anything new
@@gg-ps1vz did I say this is new?
@@HOLOD48551 you said this entire conflict is about business as if it's anything different. the war industrial complex is massive and always loves a war, anywhere and throughout history
How can they say it's just for the money when he is giving them weapons
This is amazing, great to see people go above and beyond to help ukraine. Even those who donated money, none of this couldnt have been done without the collective help of everyone, especially during these hard times, really goes to show the determination of people.
arms dealer : outrageous ! he sells death !
arms dealer related to ukraine : so nice of him ,such a fantastic man 🤗
@@PG-wh5xf the hypocrisy is ridiculous he's literally the merchant of death
@@nigelraporam6917 he sells APCs without weapons on them, they are mainly used for evacuation, it's literally saving lives
Especially when you realise it was Ukraine who shelled civilians in ethnic Russians arreas, reneged on the Minsk treaty and rallied the Nazi rabbles to ethnic cleansing. Wonder how many gypsies et al Zelensky has cleansed today?
Its a bit like selling fuel to a pyromaniac, what do you think he is going to deal with it? morally bankrupt
Giving military aid to a country and people defending themselves is morally justified and one ought to be oblidged to do it.
Ukraine is defending itself against Russias unprovoked and genocidal invasion.
We need to give them everything they need for victory, as soon as possible.
Good work 💙💛
You mean the guys getting wicked rich from the war ri8 ?
In the uk apc's are actually very cheap, or were. There has always been collector's who collect this sort of stuff, from ww2 to modern. I have looked and a couple of time's I nearly bought an apc as they are road legal in the uk.
For a while now, I've been trying to justify aswell as convince the wife that we need a Chieftain in our lives. Naturally the kids wholeheartedly agree 😁, her... not so much. 🤨
Now I know what to do with my life
Nothing wrong with being accused of profiteering. Are you willing to work for free?
I have seen some pretty impressive improvisation on civilian vehicles to make them into armoured personnel / evacuee carriers. Expert welders might do a great job over there, if they had some sheet metal to work with.
Ukranians are very ingenuitive. My fav build was a truck that had been armored and on the back they had a 12.7 machine gun with a big gun camera for aiming next to it that was infrared capable and the whole mount was controlled by a wireless Xbox controller and using the dpad to aim the gun. Absolutely brilliant
toyota hilux are the best choice to convert into an light infantry fighting vehicle. Built rugged and easy source spare parts, it performs a perfect job on what it demands for
Or just call the A-team.
He is now a merchant of death
He must be super rich from basically selling scrap metal.
these people such as Tanks-a-lot and Slav are doing very good deeds! Slava Ukraini!
Old APCs, CVRTs, 432s and maybe Bulldogs are one thing. The supply chain and maintenance of getting spares will be the problem. CVRTs, as I remember, reliableish. 432s, and I did see a 434 next to one with a pack out, are another thing.
Are you a Brit? I'm a Yank, the 432 isn't that similar to our American 113? If so breaking down a lot will be a problem. Simple stuff like road wheels and spare track would be common to have to replace. The logistics for the Ukrainians has to border on madness.
@@mikebrase5161 yes bud. The 432 is similar in appearance to the 113 (ironically I nearly got a contract to work on 113s but didn't work out) but the "running gear" track looks very similar to CVRT. So the 432 got a major revamp to upgrade it to Bulldog. Amongst many improvements, this was fitted with a straight six diesel and new gearbox, including various electronic upgrades (previously electric). The 432, the dieselised version (on its inception was petrol), as I recall is notably unreliable. To do any major work (on either) means taking the "powerpack" out.
So its one thing to buy an APC, but each APC will need a whole lost of general spares. I don't just mean road wheels and spare track. Each vehicle will probably have its own "battle box" of these items; its where repairs become complex and complicated.
The problem I concieve is that if you are running a multi-platform fleet from a variety of nations, then logistics starts to become a major major headache.
Additionally, the 432 Bulldog and CVRT have aluminium armour which anything bigger than 7.62 and/or with a larger shell will get through. Bad for the crew and passengers, obviously, but equally bad for the running gear and pack.
Its one thing to get a bullet hole in a Ford Taurus block because these are fairly common. Now lets imagine trying to get replacement parts in a logistically demanding environment for an ancient bit of kit.
Don't get me wrong. I am not anti-Ukraine or anti-Russia. Nobody wants a war in Europe, nobdoy wants a war at all. We are all brothers and sisters and should make peace and get on with each other.
Well done nick!!!
As Smedley Butler wrote, "War is a racket". The people who bought up all these surplus vehicles are going to make a mint selling them to Russia or Ukraine. Comparatively speaking, there weren't many Spartans made compared to the vast numbers of BTRs, MT-LBs, etc. manufactured by the Soviet Union/Russia. Huge numbers of these vehicles, along with T-54/-55 and T-62 tanks and other AFVs, we're sold/given to nations friendly to the Soviet Union/Russia. Many of these vehicles are still around, unused, and I am certain many nations will be willing to sell these weapons to arms dealers so they can be used on the front lines in Ukraine, allowing the war to, unfortunately, drag on for some time.
The west send hundreds of Javelins every month this is worth a lot more they destroy soviet equipment with 1 shot
think you might feel the long arm of the law on your shoulder if you sold one from UK to Russia right now lol
Ha ha ha. Yes. People really believe in this!
In mexico we have thousands of aks and ammo confiscated from cartels but my goverment doesnt whant to help 😢😢
Outstanding!
@0:28 “Tanks A Lot” - you gotta admire his humour
Keep up the good work... Slava Ukraini! It proves the point to never scrap armour, you never know when you need it...
good work? 😂😂
Providing arms to a country defending from a fascist invasion is the best work
@@neo92992 not equivalent. Russia is the aggressor
@@orcho141''Its fine that innocent soldiers are dying because I don't like the government of the country they were born in''
@@tommyoreal They could always leave
Great job!
Now we know where all those use $$$$ are going, everyone is taking their cut, just like PPE
This is really fascinating. What a bloke.
Am very supportive of your efforts helping Ukraine 🇺🇦 whish i was there.
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30M is actually nothing for a war of this scale.
Well-armoured and FV103 Spartan does not go together, the CVR (T) has about an inch of armour at best, if I'm correct, a 7.62mm Machine Gun can penetrate it's 'armour' those vehicles rely on their speed to be effective NOT armour, just to clarify....
Makes me sick the people selling military vehicles and 4x4’s as silly prices. I need a pick-up truck but refuse to pay 5x prices people are asking for rusty poo boxes. I’m not sure why the MOD doesn’t sell surplus vehicles to Ukraine instead of to companies which buy them for pennies and sell to Ukraine at ridiculous prices.
The vehicles shown here were sold off by the MoD long before the war started
Ukraine get everything for free there to greedy hiding billions of money just except use the west tax payer money and rise money for there war what there wanted
The British government never has its own people in mind!
these were surplus long before the Ukraine war
@@graveperil2169 not really this chap, more the ones that are getting all the old opp herrick surplus. HX60’s could be bought virtually new for £10k from auction but now prices are 3x that. Same with lots of vehicles. The MOD should halt all auction sales.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
🫡 Slava Ukrainii 🇺🇦 ❤️
🫡 Glory to UK 🇬🇧 ❤️
Glory to the RED ARMY that liberated your ASSES
Buen video !.
Viva Ucrania 🇺🇦 !.
All the time when ppl say between Ukraine and Russia I hear between NATO and Russia
I'm sure the Ukrainian people don't see it that way
He's giving them a good deal. Keep it going.
$lava Raytheon!
Slava SAAB. Slava Lockheed Martin!
seems dumb to publicize this I would fear for individuals involved.
There are Withams, Tanks a Lot and L Jacksons...every one knows this...they've all had websites for years...
Why, what have they to fear? This is England not Uzbekistan or El Salvador.
Why aren’t they getting to Ukraine for months though!??