7 incredible narco tanks built by Mexican cartels
By Jeremy Bender
These home-made armored vehicles, also known in Spanish as "monstruo" for their hulking size, reached peak popularity in 2011 as the Mexican military seized a garage from the Los Zetas that was being used to construct the vehicles. Four narco tanks were seized in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas in addition to an additional 23 trucks that were awaiting modification.
The Mexican military's subsequent crack-down on the creation of monstrous forced the practice to go underground. Narco tanks are still produced, but today's versions have their armored paneling on the inside so as to not draw unwanted attention from rival cartels and the military.
Below are some of the most impressive narco tanks from the vehicles heyday.
The behemoth versions of narco tanks were created from modified semitrucks.
Screenshot/www.youtube.com Dump trucks were also modified into massive steel-plated monsters.
YouTube A narco-tank seized in Monterrey, Mexico, in 2011. Even smaller narco tanks were armored almost completely with steel plates that could be upwards of 2 inches thick.
Screenshot/www.youtube.com As part of further defensive measures, the tanks were usually equipped with double wheels.
Screenshot/www.youtube.com Offensively, narco tanks had armored turrets and weapon bays on the side, out of which cartel members could point assault rifles.
Screenshot/www.youtube.com Some vehicles were equipped with battering rams to plow through traffic and any potential roadblocks.
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