Zil 4904

"You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much" (youcantellafinn) 01/22/2015 at 14:42 • Filed to: zil 4904, russia

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EDIT: ADDED VIDEO!!!!! So I've posted this in a couple replies today but I think it deserves a spot on the front page. The Zil 4904 is one awesome looking Cold War era Soviet machine. Just look at it, it's beautiful. Besides being beautiful it is damn near unstoppable. This was designed to deal with the vast swaths of Soviet wilderness that had no roads. It can go through just about anything as it is amphibious. Grass, swamps, mud, snow? Not a problem. I don't know how well it would do on solid rock, but on just about anything else it will be unstoppable.

Here is a link to a gallery with a few more pictures of it. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find out much about it. There were a handful built and possibly two still exist. Anybody that knows anything about these should chime in. I don't even know what powered them.

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Here is a video showing much smaller vehicles of the screw drive persuasion. To call them offroad capable is an understatement. I want one.

505Turbeaux > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 01/22/2015 at 14:50

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http://englishrussia.com/2011/04/06/sov… more pics here

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > 505Turbeaux 01/22/2015 at 14:52

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The Russians came up with some seriously awesome off road vehicles.

505Turbeaux > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 01/22/2015 at 14:52

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seriously awesome offroad stuff

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > 505Turbeaux 01/22/2015 at 14:53

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Nonetheless the useful application for ZIL-4904 was not found and there were only a couple of them produced.

Something this awesome doesn't need an application. Its massive amount of awesomeness is reason enough to build a fleet of them.

ttyymmnn > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 01/22/2015 at 15:12

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I'll just leave this here.

Ed, for the old good times > ttyymmnn 01/22/2015 at 15:53

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Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads.

edu-petrolhead > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 01/22/2015 at 16:15

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Care for a 1:43 model?

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/the-want-is-st…

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > edu-petrolhead 01/22/2015 at 16:37

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I want one, just not $100 worth of want.