The Great Toyota War: How Chad Won a War with Pickup Trucks
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- Discover the incredible story of the Toyota War, where Chad's rebels turned the tide against Libyan tanks using pickup trucks armed with anti-tank missiles. Witness the legacy of the Toyota Hilux as a symbol of rebellion and insurgency worldwide!
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Obligatory joke about how winning a war with pickup trucks was a Chad move.
Gigachad move, behold the true Toyota sigma fan
Well
Lib cannot resist the Chad
Chad Chad vs virgin Lib
Read my mind 😂
Gigachad move!
Toyota unintentionally created the greatest military vehicle of all time.
I would think some of the war veteran Hilux are still in daily use
The Toyota Chad
Its general purpose knows no bounds!
They really didn't the trucks had very little to do with actually turning the tide. The more modern weaponry and foreign intelligence was the biggest factor. The toyota trucks just happened to be a part of the war.
@@rubiconnn they turned out to be durable and cheap in one of the most inhospitable places on earth, and with the right tactics they are accidentally mine resistant. Not many military vehicles could make that claim. Those rocket launchers and sat intelligence are useless if your stranded 10 miles from the target
Kudos to the mad lad who thought to just drive his truck over landmines really fast and see what happened.
Was probably a fear reaction to seeing one of his frineds blow up. Just stepped on the gas in a fit of panic, and once mines started exploding behind him he most certainly didn't dare let off.
Commander: "you showed great bravery charging through that mine field. How did you know the truck would outrun the landmines?"
Heavily Intoxicated Soldier: "the what field???"
Even after being told it works, you'd still need balls of steel to actually do it 😂
@@tomgreen8246 You need balls of steel to charge a tank in a Toyota anyway....
@@andersjjensen true!
Not only did Jeremy Clarkson do all that to the Toyota Hilux, his crew also put in top of a building and imploded it with the truck still on top. And even then, with the frame barely holding together, the engine still started. That even puts the AK-47 to shame
I remember that. My jaw detatched and hit the floor!
Not only did the engine start, it drove into the studio unassisted. And, allegedly, without any repairs or spare parts. And the bodywork holding up the chassis, which had split in half.
Tbh, I think being at the top of the building when it collapsed and having the "cushion" of the falling building piling underneath, may have been the deciding factor of the engine still starting versus if it was at the bottom and hit with the explosion and the mass of the entire building coming down on it. Still, undeniably an absolute legend of a vehicle, and I dream of having a Toyota truck in my personal fleet one day.
Dunk any toyota in the ocean off the coast of Somalia on a regular basis like the pirates do with their AK's on a string to hide them from military escort ships then tell me which mechanical device shames which...
My jaw is still on the floor.
I want to know which Chad discovered that driving 100km/h over the land mines didn’t trigger them. So they can take the crown for King of the Chads.
😂😂😂
Probably floored when one of their comrades blew up, honestly.
Unfortunately that isnt true, or at least not entirely true because the same guy who claimed to have did it, ended up being wounded from a mine while trying to prove it to a foreign journalist.
3:04 bruv tell me that ain't a chad chin. Chad of Chad, leader of the Chad's from chad.
i think the word you're looking for is **gigachad**
Riding in the back of a pickup with a mounted machine gun going 60 across a mine field. As long as you remember not to look back at the explosion you're gonna look epic.
I just imagined you looking like a badass.
I wonder how they went about finding the right speed.
@@JoeHamelin Trail and error, I assume.
Or a Chad just stepped on the gas without realizing there was a minefield, lucky accident.
@@kingace6186 damnit you beat me to it 😂
@@JoeHamelin Well, if you remember in the movie Speed, they had to keep the bus moving faster than 55 mph or it would blow up. So they probably started with that and worked up from there.
I don't know who this guy Chad is, but he seems to own a lot of trucks.
He was Hungary for victory.
@@rokulus7910 and Turkey
“Gaddafi was an anti-imperialist hero”
Gaddafi while occupying half of chads territory: yeah……. Imperialism really sucks. I’d never do any of that
Tankies
It's only bad if it's Whitey doing it.
"Was"
Lmao. Gaddafi the so-called "Pan-Africanist".
@@hommeboydont forget "pan arabist" previously
Ahh yes, the great MIC pyramid:
Boeing < Raytheon < DARPA < Lockheed Martin < Toyota
Japan has limitations on sending military aid to Ukraine. But they should just send a lot of pick up trucks and spare parts as "civilian" aid.
terrain is an issue in Ukraines landscape, could be incredibly muddy.
Surprisingly, Ukraine has utilized Toyota pick ups and few other civillian brands to make up for the limited military equipment which has seen success in their uses.
Truly the most efficient military equipment realized
I too, need a four door diesel Toyota hilux as “humanitarian aid.”
@@seri-ously8591 dont forget the BMW 6 series convertible with a machine gun on it at the start of the war
but... it was France who gave them to Chad.
The best Toyota commercial i ever seen
Simon should get a Toyota sponsor for this video.
Toyota treats this subject rather gingerly. They do not want to be associated with terrorists, but they also sell an absolute shit ton of pick-up trucks to the middle east because they're seen as cool because, you know, people with RPGs and AKs ride around in them.
Very hilarious rendition of the history of "technicals".
I owned a defense contracting company, which I started with former Daimler Benz Executives around 2000, just after the towers went down in New York City.
Bascially, we developed armor and self sealing fuel tanks for the U.S. Army.
But,in the process, we got a contract from a military organization to develop a "technical" or in this case a heavily armored Toyota High Lux for some spec ops guys.
We took a 3/4 ton Chevy Pickup ,threw the body away, and mounted Toyota High Lux cab, bed and body panels on it and armored it to withstand 20mm AP at point blank range .
Funny story, the Hadjii`s [or insurgents] loved the Toyotas so much that when they received new Nissan Frontiers, or Ford Rangers as gifts from some terrorist funding organization, they would sell them and take the money and buy Toyota`s. LOL
How thick of armor did you have to slap on to stop 20mm AP rounds?!?!!
Asking for a friend!😂
@jonhall2274 ah we just took the armor panels off some old hunk of junk...as I recall it was called an Abrams tank?
Lol
From an insurgent logistics perspective it makes a lot of sense to ONLY deal with one type of vehicle. Even "monkeys" can learn to wrench on a vehicle, even if they don't understand much. Transferring skills to another vehicle requires actual understanding. But teaching a 15 year old boy how to change wheel bearings can be done in an afternoon. Even the best funded military in the world starts yelling in frustration if they get two different things that fills the exact same role. When you have a shortage both funds, qualified personel and a logistics network as we know it, that disposition becomes doubly understandable.
@Jon Hall One can be incarcerated for even describing in casual conversation technical defence details.
Fun fact,it can be construde to be a violation of ITAR rules.
I was once asked as an armor developer when I owned my company some years ago, to design a light weight armor to meet 30mm AP protection for a group in the Middle East.
I asked what the application was, I was informed it would be designed to enhance the top armor protection on tanks.
I then asked," who's tanks" ?
The contact divulged it was intended for Pakistani Tanks.
After I made an ITAR office inquiry, I was informed that in no uncertain terms the answer came back ,"not only no,but hell no"! Lol.
@@JJABRAHAM69 Thanks for not working with Pakistani's.
"Technicals" from "technical assistance", in case anyone was wondering.
Canadian-supplied Hiluxes in Afghanistan had maple leaf decals on the back. Presently, Afghan fighters were seen sporting maple leaf tattoos.
Too bad we can't buy them in Canada.
Muslim having tatoos ? Isn't taht forbiden ?
@@Mike-hu3pp You can buy Tacomas though, correct?
Just cannot keep a straight face everytime Simon mentions Chad and jst in awe that an entire country is named Chad.
The country was first before the word Chad for an american meaning for a cool guy was made.
@@marcushursl2931 That said it's very ironic how Chad is a very cultural place and also the stereotypical name for some Americans lol.
My uncle legit owned one of these Toyota pickups from about 1985-2015 or 2020. Finally died after 300,000 miles. It's built to last!
RIP uncle
how... that's 40 years! i expect it to be able to endure a lot but that's just impressive
They can go way past 300K too haha
@@SuperEarplugs 😂😂😂
we own a sedan thats already got 300,000 miles on it but it still runs just as it was new , plan to make it reach a million miles lmao
I drove a Land Cruiser in Afghanistan and Hiluxes in a couple other countries on numerous occasions and I was sold. I was in the Army and couldn't afford a Land Cruiser stateside (and the Hilux is not easy to find here), but I overland with Toyotas exclusively these days. Outstanding vehicles.
Also in Euro-Asia and Africa Toyota has a damn near magical pars service. You can be stuck in a village three days from a flushing toilet in Bangladesh and three days later you have a new wheel bearing with packing grease included.
Toyota: Lets go places.
Warzones mostly
Wow, simon's editors have really stepped it up lately. Loving the updated visuals and extra maps/photos!
Always good to see where they are talking about
The maps are a huge improvement. Glad Simon and his crew listened to all the feedback.
My jaw is dropped, and I'm in awe! I've always loved them since my grandpa and uncle owned them in the early 80's. Now my brother and I both own tacoma's. I miss the smaller versions they don't seem in the US
Now that’s Toyota care! Bringing a whole new meaning to Toyotathon!
I loved me some Toyota Hilux action in the middle east.
Hiluxes are ABSOLUTELY INDESTRUCTIBLE. I Didn’t even have to watch to know what it would be. Seriously, ever seen that Top Gear episode where they tried to destroy one? They couldn’t! And they had dynamite, heavy machinery, a wrecking ball and the ocean!
I now want to see a Charge of the Rohirrim with Toyota trucks.
Incidentally, something which helped the Chadians to make such effective use of the trucks was their historical penchant for mounted warfare. High speed, good visibility, it had worked in the past and it also worked nicely against those types of early cold war tanks which have rather limited visibility.
That and the fact that repairs and maintenance on the trucks take a lot less manpower and training than doing the same for a soviet tank.
Chad always out there with his pickup, "HEY, It's got no tires on that side, Chad!! CHAD!!! HEY!"
Ah, he just loves breaking stuff and hangin' around. That Chad..
Chad even has his own lake. Should check if he goes there with his pickups too
"Chad, yo! Chad!! Stay outta the lake, Chad! The lake, Chad!! Dont go in there, Chad!! HEY!! LAKE!!CHAD! CROCS, CHAD, NOOO!!!"
My Toyota 4Runner is 24 years old and has 222,000 miles on it.
Older than me lol.
The indestructible Hilux
Top Gear approved.
Chade basically did a blitzkrieg with civilian vehicles
Almost unbelievable the world is a fun place
Selling weapons to both sides isn't a conflict of interests. It's an interest in conflict.
I bought a Toyota pick up (the hi lux in North America) in 1994. After driving an insane amount (appx 36,000-40,000 miles a year) and changing my oil every 10 or 20 thousand miles, at 360,000 miles I ran her out of oil and killed my engine. I have since had several more new vehicles. None of them were as reliable as my pickup.
I trust the truck and engine so well, I bought another one, 20 years later. Great truck and I totally believe they have won wars.
Great video, as always!!!
It's a Toyota Hilux not Toyota pickup
My bad. I thought they were the same, but I only looked it up on Wikipedia. I wonder what the difference was?
Germany- we have Tiger Tanks
Chad- we have Toyota trucks
I wouldn't call a toyota hilux cheap these days, but they are brilliant vehicles. I'd choose it over any of the pickup trucks available.
Re TOP GEAR you forgot to mention the time it was put on top of a building that was being imploded, and it survived! They retired it after that.
The new versions aren’t all that versatile. I went to a Toyota dealership some years ago to possibly buy one and asked if they could install a winch for me. It was possible, but not without ruining some of the safety features and sensors. It would require the on board computers to be rewritten. Bought me a 15 year old Hilux instead.
That was their 9/11 reenactment.
Cheap compared to tanks
cheap in comparison to dedicated military hardware.
Around 30 grand for a Tacoma here in the states meanwhile a Humvee will run you north of 200 thousand so while I’m sure a humvee easily outperforms a hilux does it outperform 6 at a time? How about 10? Cause for 300 grand you can get ten or so hiluxes or 1 uparmored humvee
Can you do the football war next. An important episode in Central America.
This, would definitely want a video on such a bizarre war.
That or a video on the Chaco War
@@imgvillasrc1608 that war also has a major impact. El Salvador fell into a decades long civil war and Honduras wasn't much better.
Next video: How Ukraine won a war with tractors
Russia mod claimed they blew up leopard 2 tank. It was a tractor.
@@the0ne809 And then they literally showed the graveyard of Leopard 2 tank(s) and Bradley Ifv right away after NATO fans with copium claimed that.
@@swarajkar3086 I hope you are watching the leader of the Wagner group claiming that Russia mod attacked them. Also, it took 10 months for the "second best army" in the world to capture the 57th largest city in Ukraine. Lastly, I never claimed it was never gonna happen. Russia has been using some of the same footage over and over again from different angles to pretend to destroy far more equipment. Keep simping for Putin.
How Ukraine lost the war despite all the western weapons
@@BoskiMwar is still going on lol. And if you consider how many "accidental deaths" keep happening in the oligarchical class, then Russia's regime days are numbered. Russia is going to demographically collapse into obscurity after this war is over.
I never knew about the war. Thanks for covering. Rest in peace to those that passed away.
Ah, the ultimate weapon against a tank: a cheap pick-up loaded with some RPGs and machine guns
France is sometimes stupid, but in this war they came up with such a good tool (in the desert) that they made a huge market for Toyota in the Middle East and Africa.
Except it's not
What the Chadians got going for them was the sheer incompetence of the Libyan military which we have to remember is an Arab military (a military designed to be terrible on purpose to prevent coups).
If the Chadians went up against a competent military like the Israelis or West, they would get chewed up.
@@imgvillasrc1608 These were T-55s. No competent military can compensate for the fact that it has little more than a periscope for aiming. Sure, the modern invention of thermal imaging and image intensification ("night vision") makes it a very bad idea to approach a tank from as visible a target as a pick-up truck. But the basic principle of using light and fast vehicles to get troops into positions with shoulder fired AT weapons (like the NLAW or Javelin) is still at the core of modern AT warfare. You're just not supposed to actually fire the weapon from the bed of the truck.
@Anders Juel Jensen You're forgetting that the Libyans dug themselves to their graves when they isolated themselves. Whether they had T-55s or T-14 Armata's wouldn't matter. They were surrounded, outnumbered, didn't have air superiority and the initiative. Worse, like usual Arab soldiers, they weren't trained to be competent overall cause Arab politicians only want them as a heavily armed militia to prevent coups and rebellions than an actual military force. Best example, Saudi armored units just running away from Houthi forces when it looked like they're about to get surrounded.
If the Libyans prepared defenses something like the Saddam Line during the Gulf War, the technical's advantages would have been moot and a lot more of them would have been destroyed.
Like I said from an earlier comment, it's not about the equipment, it's about the person using it and the people leading them.
@@andersjjensen Proceed to fire an NLAW from the bed of a Hilux.
I own a Toyota Tacoma. I am planning to install a multiple rocket launcher on it. You know to keep traffic moving during rush hour. And if movies teaches us anything, an open path will be created from the exploding cars.
I’m thinking installing a snowplough might be more effective.
@@angrydoggy9170 on a fat america. Truck maybe. I remember six teenagers lifted up a Tacoma and moved in a few hundred feet to fuck with a class mate. It was fairly easy lol
Truly an iconic Weapon Platform!
This was yet another amazing episode to this amazing channel. If it is possible in the near future, the 1979 Chinese invasion on Vietnam is one of those quick but brutal conflicts that seems to fly under the radar a lot.
I second that. Need something to show to CCP apologists whenever they claim that "China never invaded another country!"
@@Ozraptor4 indeed. Additionally, at least from what was able to find of it, the PLA basically suffered a setback that almost foreshadowed what would happen to Russian forces in Ukraine.
the channel might not get monitized for exploring such a topic.
@@Ozraptor4CCP Apologists are blissfully unaware of what's happening in Southeast Asia right now, with their constant harassment of fishermen and military boats and ships in the region.
I mean what else did you expected from a country called Chad 😂
What no mention about how Jezza also tried to bloody well drown the thing in the channel and detonated a building under it and it still ran. Or the modern equivalent driving to the north pole.
And up a volcano to collect a lava sample.
Toyotas reliability is legendary at this point.
We had a saying in Afghanistan.
"This war is sponsored by Toyota" 😂
The fast and the Chadian.
This is the greatest truck commercial I've ever seen.
Makes me want to buy that Toyota lol
Everybody is gangsta until a Toyota hi lux enter the war... ask Chad how they won their war against Libya
Chad with Toyotas, you know that's 🔥 🔥 🔥
This makes me feel pretty good about my recent Tacoma purchase
The greatest advert that toyota didn't need....
Great videos simon! Next time you could do the battle of agincourt!
Gustav the Man-Eating Crocodile has brought you a Toyota pickup truck and a crate of rifles. Gustav will return.
Is Gustave still alive?
Edit: just checked, rumored to be dead, no evidence provided.
Great episode Simon!
i have been waiting for this video for a while!! Warographics fan from Chad. Thanks Simon!!
Toyota: the official vehicle of every despot & aspiring warlord.
Kiichiro Toyoda would be proud.
I ❤ Hilux.
Im 55 and ive owned muscle cars, full size pickups and sports cars in my life, but the best vehicle I've ever owned in my life was a 1999 single cab, 4 cylinder, manual transmission Tacoma.
Love the inclusion of maps, always a pleasure to see how this channel evolves+responds to user comments
Thanks guys.
Man!!! these Toyota trucks are reeking havoc in my City Khartoum right now😢😢😢
Forget a Ford or a tank, I need a Toyota pickup truck!
I put close to 400K on a 84 Corolla, now it's a farm car with more on it.
Chadians really lived up to the meme 😂 and wild that they also followed the philosophy of when in doubt throttle out 🤣
Read about this in Dunnigan, "A Quick and Dirty Guide to War" back in '92. Looking forward to what you do with it. Rock on Simon.
I am here again to ask that Warographics also be put out as a podcast
it would make a great toyota commercial, simon should jump in the air at the end of the video...."oh what a feeling"
Thank you for doing this, I figured it would be right up Warographics' alley.
It seems so strange that there is a war named after a car manufacturer, but then you see why and its just... amazing.
In Portugal, there is a company that still makes brand new, J70 Land Cruisers for the African market (humanitarian and government agencies mostly). They'll build anything you want! From standard Land Cruisers and pickups, to troop carriers and off road rescue vehicles. The list of accessories and modifications is incredible... including Cat 5 armour.
Question is: Why? Why new ones, and why that model in particular?
The J70 was the last all-analogue (or at least mostly analogue) Land Cruiser. The Hilux/Land Cruiser is so incredible well loved with such a reputation, that Toyota is still pumping them out (on a small scale) even today.
I have to say your videos have really improved on quality over the years.
Libyan Army: our planes will blot out the sun. Our tanks will quake the earth. Our guns will sow your blood.
Chad mobile toyota fleet: WE ARE AWAITED IN VALHALLA! RIDING ETERNAL! SHINY AND CHROME!
Ultimate battle: emus versus Toyota trucks
That would be worth witnessing!
Dear Americans, there's a reason why Toyota pickups and Land Cruisers are legendary across the globe.
Ain't nobody winning wars using Wranglers and Broncos.
Toyota Hilux with 20mm cannons firing Nokia phones as projectiles. Instant win.
The Toyota Hilux of that era is one of the best pickup trucks ever made.
warographics wow 😮😮😮 this is a gem
One comment though, Chadians actually used J70 Land Cruiser with a pick-up truck bed based on the videos and not the Hilux as some may suggest. It's just that in most recent times, the Hilux is the more prominent vehicle of choice as technicals.
Details aside, Toyota should be considered one of the largest arms and military equipment exporter in the world. Especially how Hilux pick-ups and early generation Land Cruisers are always present in any conflict in the world. 🤣
Actually Chad started using 500 Land Cruiser FJ45 pickups as Technicals, just before the switch to the 70 series.
And even today the 70 series Land Cruiser is a lot more prominent than the Hilux in armed conflicts to be used as Technicals or troop transport.
I'm not sure why all those recent American made video about Toyota War make this mistake with the Hilux... Maybe because the Hilux was named the "Toyota Pickup" in the US so when they have in mind Toyota pickups used for Technicals this is the first thing they find. But this is an easy to check info that those historical channels should have been able to find.
@@Fe_lix I'm guessing it has something to do with more recent models. Right now, they are using AN10/AN20/AN30 generation Hilux pick-up trucks. Fair to note N40 to N140 generation Hilux are also popular. I guess these models just stuck and when they saw pick-up variants of J70 land cruisers, they immediately assumed these are Hilux. Heck, even James May's (Top Gear UK presenter at the time and automotive journalist) section on one of his DVDs mistaken the J70 Land cruisers in his video as Hilux.
No one could've said this more eloquently.
I live, work and operate in Africa. And we exclusively drive Land Cruisers. This car and Toyota are such influential brands here, that we started a culture of modifying the land cruisers.
To the point where Toyota started producing the 4 door pickups because our African modified 4 doors (start their lives as 2 door pickups) sold so well. We use land cruisers for everything here, farming operations, long haul tours through multiple countries, small arms conflict..
Just Google "land cruiser extended/game viewer." You'll see the wildest modifications. And the Toyota Land Cruiser remains the only reliable base to build these from. Simple, robust and parts galore, and more importantly mechanics love them cause they're built mechanic friendly, they are amazing.
BUT we noticed Toyota lost out on market share because Ford, VW Amarok and Mazda were offering more creature comforts in their vehicles. Toyota focused on functionality while the urban 4x4'ers required more comfort.
Heck I remember my dad's one Land Cruiser from the late 70's which still had the triangular side vent you could operate with your foot. It had near no dampening for noise and heat. After 600km in one of those you were partially deaf, hyperthermic and pissed a little blood. But it never broke down. And even today they don't stack up against a Rangers or Amaroks comfort.
Long story short, the Hilux has become more comfortable to win back lost ground to the Rangers, Amaroks and BT50's while the land cruiser, has improved, but still remains more rugged.
This is why, I think, the Hilux gets spoken about more in the general public. And that Top Gear episode definitely helped too.
Toyota must have loved that episode of Top Gear, as I watched it as kid and to this day, when I think reliable car, I think Toyota. Even games know this as I can't recall a CoD set in the modern era where a Toyota technical didn't show up.
The real Chad move was being able to pick up the trucks in the first place.
This is unintentionally great marketing for Toyota & their indestructible line of trucks 👍🏾
I’ve always loved a Toyota. I’ve never loved them more 😂
The image in my head of the Chadians in their Toyotas wrecking house in the desert reminds me of Mad Max.
Chad Max if you will!
I've driven Hiluxs for years now. Last year I had a Prime Mover fail to brake on a freeway and run into the back of me at 60kmph, while I was stationary, proceeding to ram me with such force that I hit the vehicle in front of me 6 times. The vehicle undoubtedly saved me from severe injury or even potentially death. The damage? A repairable write off. The chassis was only slightly bent.
They are indestructible.
100% reminds me of Command and Conquer: Generals. Storming around with tons of shitty pick up trucks blowing everyone up because you're way too fast.
We are the GLA!!!
GOTTA GO FAST!
I highly suggest Count Dankula’s video on this.
TH-cams Terms & Conditions should have a cap on how many different series Simon can be in
SOOOOOOOAAAAAAP! WATCH OUT FOR THAT TECHNICAL!
Hey can you do a video on things like Fallujah, and the whole black water situation. Hope to see it!!
Also all middle Eastern conflicts
Only CHAD if it’s in a Toyota! Even Even Erwin Rommel would appreciate this mobility
Defeating Tyrone with a Toyota was a chad move....
That's so badass :D
14:08 You left out the ultimate test of that Top Gear Toyota which earned its place as a trophy in the studio where they put it on top of a high rise building, blew up the building and in the aftermath the poor crushed husk of a toyota started, and was able to move under its own power.
Toyota should do commercials showing tough their trucks have been throughout history
"Oh what a feeling"
_One thing’s for certain:_ you will never see a war named after Ford, Jeep, VW, Citroen, or Land Rover
Excellent video 📹
Toyota pick-up
The car that can't be killed
Drove one all the time in Afghanistan loved that truck
In the mid '80's Toyota sent Japanese engineers to South Africa to produce a Minbus 'taxi' that could handle atrocious road conditions & cowboy driving. They redesigned the chassis (among other items) & Toyota Minibuses are still the mainstay of southern African transportation, especially in rural areas.
I love those trucks
Oh this one is going to be good, the Toyota wars are a great story.
Just goes to show how indestructible the Toyota Hilux is and k am very pleased to own one very simple and extremely analog
As War Thunder players would say "No armor is best armor."
This truck just ticks all the bells of horse archers of old