Russia's ‘Apocalypse Car’

Sputnik: ‘Apocalypse Car’: Russia Unveils Badass Go-Anywhere Off-Roader

A buoyant off-roader with huge self-inflating tires, designed by St. Petersburg-based mechanic Alexei Garagashyan, has created a big buzz in Western media, the Defense Ministry’s Zvezda TV reported.

Already dubbed as “an ideal vehicle for the apocalypse,” the Sherp stubbornly refused to flip over no matter how hard its makers tried by driving it up steep hillsides, into a marsh or speeding across the bumpy tundra.

The Sherp’s greatest strength is that it’s virtually unsinkable thanks to its huge self-inflating tires, each a whopping 1.6 meters across, filled with 800 liters of exhaust gases, and a unique tread, which ensures a very comfortable 6 kilometers per hour in floating mode.

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WNU Editor: I can see some military honchos wanting these vehicles for their troops .... or at least having one at their dacha in the middle of winter. On second thought .... forget about them .... I would love to have one of these babies while navigating traffic.