From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 5/10/2007 1:34 AM Tigr Stalks Hummer May 5, 2007: For the last two year, a Russian firm has been producing a vehicle remarkably similar to the armored version of the hummer (the M1114 model). The major buyer has been the Russian Interior Ministry, for its police and paramilitary units. Chechnya was a particularly popular destination for this new vehicle called Tigr (Tiger). It is based on the hummer-like vehicle, the Gaz-2330. Like the M1114, the Tigr weighs five tons, carries a crew of four, and a load of about a ton (or an additional five men, if configured for that). The Tigr costs $88,000 each, compared to $145,000 for the M1114, and is being offered as a less expensive alternative to the M1114.
Interior Ministry troops operating in dangerous areas like Chechnya (where roadside bombs and ambushes occur regularly) have been satisfied with the performance of the Tigr. So Russian army units will start receiving Tigr by the end of the year.
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