ARMOURED CARS
SA company builds an armoured Land Cruiser 79
Homegrown SVI Max 3 is an off-road vehicle built to withstand bullets
26 November 2020 - 05:00
Looking like something out of a Mad Max movie, the appropriately-named Max 3 is a new home-grown armoured vehicle conversion from Pretoria-based SVI Engineering.
Using a Toyota Land Cruiser 79 4x4 bakkie as a donor vehicle, the Max 3 protects occupants from ballistic and riot threats. It has B6 level ballistic protection against assault rifles like AK47s and R1s, but is upgradable to B7 protection against blasts and armour-piercing rounds...
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