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Pinskower?

Discussion in 'Post-World War 2 Armour' started by Ricky, Mar 17, 2006.

  1. Ricky

    Ricky Well-Known Member

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    Idly browsing articles on MSN I came across a series of articles on what famous people (from footballers to politicians) drive. One of them was on Arnold Schwartznegger, and it claimed that he recently bought a '6-wheeled Austrian tank called a Pinskower', and updated it so that it was legal to drive on the road.
    That is fine by me - I would certainly love to do the same - but what is a Pinskower?

    Google only returned the word in relation to that snippet of news.
    Is it even real?

    http://cars.msn.co.uk/fun/celebrity/schwarzenegger/
     
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    First thing that come my mind when I saw name 'Pinskower' was 'Pinzgauer'. Which is austrian built 6x6 all terrain vehicle.
    http://www.pinzgauer.uk.com/
     
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    Ricky Well-Known Member

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    Ah, that makes sense!

    Quite a decent vehicle, from what their website says. Arnie is lucky. ;)
     
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    lovely , could use it in the outback , :D
    the upper side could do with a bit of styling !
     
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    Geez, and I thought people that drove Hummers were bad! :roll:
     
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    at least it look like it's possible to stretch in this one :D
     
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    Pinc (as we call Pinzgauer) is good wheicle. It's not only 6x6 but smaller version is 4x4.
     

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