The “folding travel locks” on both sides have mounting points on them presumably to allow for the mounting of two additional missiles.
Here are two examples of them being used on service vehicles.
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i stand corrected
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Since this is the case, a new problem for this vehicle arrises. Were these Travel Locks/Racks removed or even present in the first place on this vehicle in particular?
We have a singular image depiction of a Strela with them when talking about ours, but it’s not definitively a depiction of the vehicle being suggested as per my understanding. Perhaps images of them in foreign service could shed light onto if we could have 2 additional SAMs for this vehicle.
I understand the concern but now you’re getting treading the territory of whether or not Gaijin would even care about that. They’ve made unhistorical ammo stowage concessions before and I’m certain they’d be comfortable doing so again in this case, especially since the stowage location, by itself, is historical. It’s ultimately up to Gaijin what they do with it and I, personally, don’t believe it’s worth busting anyone’s balls over.
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Fair enough, and even though we do have precedent, keep in mind this is gaijin we’re talking about…
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Okay. Now that’s sorted. New problem(?). The vehicle seen in all these images does not actually appear to be a true Strela-1 but a BRDM-2 with a Strela-1 launcher put on top of it. I say this because the vehicle seen here has optics on the side of the hull as well as belly wheels, which are defining features of the BRDM-2. True Strela-1s do not have these optics because of the side racks and were not produced with belly wheels. This could be really good for this suggested vehicle because it means that it may be a unique one-off conversion. It could also be relatively bad because it could turn out that it’s a museum reproduction piece. There is documentation of Israel’s capture of a Strela-1 so now the real question is whether or not the museum vehicle is indeed the same vehicle.
I know that I just spoke in favor of additional missile stowage being considered for this vehicle, however, having the side mounted optics complicates things.
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