Military vehicles up for sale in Almaty

Over 200 units of military vehicles, including trucks and several Armored Reconnaissance Vehicles (ARV) can be bought near Almaty via an advertisement on Kolesa.kz website, KazTAG reports. “We sell military vehicles restored after conservation. ARVs are also on sale. In average, a GAZ-66 military truck sells for around $12-14 thousand. The price of ARV depends on the package, but also does not exceed $14 thousand,” the seller told KazTAG by phone. The advertisement has a list of available vehicles: “GAZ-66, KamAZ-4310, ZIL-131, Ural-4320, Ural-375 and over 300 units of vehicles after conservation and full maintenance”. According to the ad, most of the former military vehicles are brand new. Military experts believe that the ARVs can be useful not only for hunters but also for extremists for operations in remote areas or clashes with Kazakhstan's armed forces. “The vehicle has a weak armor, but it can resist any basic weapons that our special forces are equipped with. Thanks to their speed and maneuver power, ARVs are not easy to shoot at from a grenade launcher. ARVs are also good for off-roads, which is important for criminals in case they have arms dumps and hideouts in remote areas, just like in case of the extremists in Aktobe oblast,” military experts say, adding that “ARVs are easy to repair, and they can batter down cordons made of light vehicles and can be used for any other activities”. Kazakhstan military prosecutors have declared today that they will perform an official check into the advertisements about sales of military vehicles on Kolesa.kz.