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For $9k one could do a lot of amazing things...travel the world, not just tourist crap but visit amazing places...you could seed some kind of business...you could just help someone in need...or you could buy obsolete military equipment. I'm not sure I get it. ???

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You obviously didn't read the article.

And the main thing. Right now I'm in the active process of polishing it up, getting my license and documents. This will take some time, but after it's all done, I will start the gnarliest road trip livejournal has ever seen...

I'll take my down votes I guess, but the road trip I would love to take wouldn't be in an antique military vehicle.

It is strange you are forced to purchase obsolete Russian military vehicles before you could take a road trip! I don't think we have to in Australia, nor in many EU countries.

Probably the coolest antique military vehicle available for $9k USD, depending upon where you live, would be one or more horses.

To each his own.

How does one get a license to drive an armored vehicle?

There are different classes of licenses in Russia (as well as many other countries). To drive a vehicle over 3500 kg but with less than 8 seats and no trailer you need a C-class license. My father got one some time ago - it's pretty much the same process as a car license (B-class) only you take driving lessons and the test on a truck.

To drive a wheeled heavy vehicle, you'd need the same category licence as for driving a heavy truck (the legal requirements are based on weight and number of seats).

To drive a tracked vehicle, there are separate licences; but quite a few farmers have them for moving their tractors through roads.

By declaring it as tractor.

For most fancy or new cars that people buy, they could get one $9k cheaper that would go places just as well.

Every day in my city I see some off road vehicle that has never been off a road, and could have been replaced by a $9k cheaper car and this BRDM, doing everything better but just in separate packages.

Buy a tank. Travel the world. Meet interesting people and ... them.

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