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cybertruck just plainly sucks as a base for technical. i'm almost certain that it can't stop 5.56 (or 5.45) or anything bigger, or bigger fragmentation, windows are not bulletproof, it will get mauled by AT mines and maybe even some AP ones, lithium battery can catch fire, it has limited range, can't be refueled quickly, probably can't be repaired in field, can't haul anything, its frame is brittle, it rusts, it's shiny, it's probably quite loud in radio spectrum. kadyrov mounted 12.7mm HMG which itself is fine as a weapon but woefully underpowered alone for frontline service, at least needs some additional antitank weapon - maybe it won't ever see tanks, but it's still useful against fortifications, BMPs, MTLBs and the like
but this won't ever happen, because this thing is for celebratory joyrides in grozny and firing that 12.7mm hmg up in the air, as a local custom
it continues to be striking how much of a reference Lord Of War can manage to be at times
biggest difference is that kadyrovs teip (sorta like clan) is not independent, they're just paid off by putin to fuck off and not cause trouble. they're doing this since end of second chechen war, when kadyrovs were installed as chechen leaders sympathetic to putin. which is direct source of all these funds that he put into building a motherfucking palace with a moat (where that video is filmed)
but other than that, son of warlord from Lord of War is pretty similar to irl Kadyrov, down to armor piercing ammo belt he wears there (black tips)