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http://www.russiantruck.co.uk/

Check out the video clips - just the sort of thing you need, if you need to pull trees down or demolish houses etc.

You could imagine the Zil 131 saying

"don't mess or I'll set my big brother on you - the Zil 135"

I stayed at the War and Peace show last year with our NATO DOKA. There was naturally a trials course for those inclined to have a play.

One evening I became aware of roaring noises from that direction, and went over to find several Scammel tank-transporter tractor units on the course. It was hilarious but also very impressive, the articulation and general maneuverabilty of those things is suberb.

Scammel's ex-Watford invented the articulating bogie, here is a great video clip of the sort of articulation they were capable of...

http://freespace.virgin.net/scammell.man/index2.htm

and hit the History menu item on left

my dad always says that once a big truck fell off the road and got stuck in a paddy field, forget the American Diamond Ts and Macks http://www.rememuseum.org.uk/vehicles/wrv/vehdiamd.htm

bring up the Scammel recovery truck... which they only had one or two of well back behind the front lines.