教你如何買一輛屬於自己的BRDM 2裝甲車
A story from the Russian blogger who names himself "ntv": "I had to write this blog entry, since many still cannot believe I managed to purchase a BRDM-2(Combat Reconnaissance/Patrol Vehicle). Yes, I really did buy it, and brought it to Russia myself."
一位自稱“ntv”的俄國博主日前寫道：“由於大家都不相信我買到了一輛BRDM-2兩棲裝甲偵察車，所以我只要寫這篇博文介紹一下。我真的買到了這輛裝甲車，而且還把它帶回了俄羅斯。”
"It all started early this year, when one of my friends developed a keen interest in combatvehicles. I have to admit, the idea of actually buying one didn't enter his mind, but the less he was interested in getting one, the more my own interest bloomed."
“起初是年初的時候我的一個朋友迷上了裝甲車，雖然他根本沒想過買一輛什麼的，但我卻越發想要弄到一輛了。”So, in early June Iheaded out to the dear-to-my-heart Republic of Belarus.
所以在6月份，我將目光轉向了我們親愛的白俄羅斯。
Turns out, during the summer, the prices for all combat armored vehicles in Russia rise rapidly, and the only affordable ones are severely beat up or suspicious models without anydocumentation. Of course I suspected that transporting and successfully gaining entry from Belarus would not be an easy task, but there were no other options.
那個夏季俄羅斯裝甲車的價格猛漲，你買得起的那種也是一副年久失修的樣子，而且連相關文件都沒有。雖然我也擔心從白俄羅斯買車的話方不方便運回國內，但是也沒有別的法子了。Belarus overall and it's Defence Ministry in particular do sell a tremendous amount of variouscombat and non-combat items. Recently they created a moderately easy-to-use website, which contains information on all items up for sale”.
白俄羅斯乃至其國防部什麼都賣，從戰鬥類到非戰鬥類的都有。他們最近還開了個網站，專門介紹出售商品的信息，非常實用。"They sell everything, from teapots to speedboats, armored personnel carriers and planes.I heard that soon they are going to make it a fully-fledged online store with a shopping basket and delivery services.
“他們啥都賣，從茶勺到快艇、到裝甲車乃至飛機。我聽說他們還將推出自帶購物車和送貨上門服務的網店。”
"Your basket contains 1 item: a T-64Btank. Do you want to continue shopping?". Fricking amazing! At times the catalogue contains photos of the items, but it's best to view things like that for yourself. Unfortunately, foreign nationals (including russians) have tobook a visit two weeks in advance with the State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus (KGB RB for short), otherwise you won't be able to enter the military bases.
“一輛T-64B坦克已放入您的購物車。繼續購物嗎？”簡直不能更屌……你可以在名單上查看貨品，但還是到現場看感覺更佳。不過外國公民（包括俄羅斯人）必須要提前兩週向白俄的克格勃安全局登記，才能得到進入這個軍事基地的許可。
"On the way wewere stopped four times. We were only asked to show proper documentation on the fourth stop, all others were limited to shocked questions "WHAT THE HELL KINDATANK IS THIS?!"
“一路上我們被攔下來四次。其中只有第四次要了我們的相關手續看，其他幾次都是問我們‘這是啥坦克啊？'”"The driver had an ice sense of humour and at the first three police stops he was like:
“司機也挺有幽默感，每次他的回答大概是這樣的：– What's this?
——這是啥？– That's for ourguys on the South-East.
——這是給我們在東南邊的夥計們的。– Okay, carry on.
——哦，開走吧。”
On the fourth time the road police decided to be strict and looked over our contract's front pagefor about two minutes, then asked:
到了第四次，警察就比較嚴厲了。他盯着文件的第一頁看了大概有兩分鐘，然後問：– So, dat must be very hungry one? How fast is it?”
“這玩意很耗油吧？能開多快呀它？”
"After we arrived,it turned out that just pumping the wheels back up and rolling it off the carrier would be a no-go. The BRDM's weight would simply crush the carrier's back ramps and possible topple the entire thing over, damaging other kfully, a nearby construction site loaned us their crane".
“後來我們終於到了，但是給輪胎打氣然後脫下來是不行的，因爲裝甲車的自身重量足以把拖車下坡的地方壓爛，甚至可能把整輛車掀起來，讓其他車也受損。幸好附近的工地就有起重機可以借給我們用。”
"It was really terrifying to ride through the city, everyone stopped and blocked us from all sides. Once we were on a three-lane highway and stopped in the middle lane at ared light, with three cars in front of us. First the cars on either side of usstopped right next to our BRDM, not right at the lights. Then the road policejoined them on the right side and started taking photos of themselves in frontof the BRDM! At least they had the decency to show us the way afterwards.) The entire way to Moscow, including rest stops, took 24 hours".
“穿過城市的感覺太爽了，每個人都會停下來圍觀。有一次我們在一個三車道的路上行駛時遇到了紅燈，就停在了路中央。結果路上的車也沒有往前開，打頭的車就一左一右停在我們的BRDM旁邊。後來連交警跑到了我們車右邊，還站在BRDM前面拍照！不過他們也沒忘了本職，回到崗位上給我們指路去了。包括中途停靠的時間在內，開到莫斯科一共花了大概24小時。”
"It was late evening and we managed to install the accumulators and pump up the rtunately one of the gas tanks had a leak, and the wiring in this thing drove me into a stupor. Say you see two black cables and one white, and logically you could assume that the white one should be positive and the black ones should go to the weight. But no, one of the black ones turned out to be apositive one, it turned out to be feeding the starter".
“深夜，我們準備安上蓄電池並給輪胎打氣。不巧的是儲氣罐漏氣了，然後給這個東西接線簡直把我弄暈了。你可以看到兩條黑的一條白的電線，你估計以爲這白的是陽極，黑的是承重的吧，不是的，其中一條黑線纔是，這個是接起動器的。
"Of course wecouldn't leave an armored personnel carrier out on the street – it could bestolen easily. So we found a garbage truck (!) that agreed to take us to our dacha house in the country, since it wasn't too far away, just 2 kilometers.
“當然我們不能把裝甲車扔到大街上，很容易被偷走的。所以我們就找了個垃圾車！人家同意帶我們去我在鄉間的別墅，畢竟也不是很遠，才兩公里。”We tied the BRDM upto the truck with two cabled and, very slowly, departed. Problem was, we didn't really have a license to drive it on public roads, it had no number plates orany russian documentation. So any encounter with the police would end in a we had no other choice :)"
我們把裝甲車用兩根電纜綁到了車上，然後以非常緩慢的速度開走了。問題是我們並沒有在公共道路上開這個東西的執照，也沒有車牌或者任何俄國方面的手續。所以說要是路上碰到個警察就慘了~但我們沒有別的辦法:)"Found a couple of souvenirs inside".
“在裏頭髮現了兩個紀念品。”
"Turns out, two cables aren't going to cut it while pulling an armored combat vehicle. Right ona crossroads one of them snapped, signaling the end to all our plans. Getting stuck in the middle of a highway with a seven-tonne BRDM that couldn't move onit's own wasn't a good new plan. Somehow, the single cable held out all the way to the dacha."
“結果電纜也出了問題，其中一條在路口斷了，我們的計劃差點泡了湯。帶着一輛7噸重停在馬路上動也動不了的BRDM想想就讓人頭大，幸好剩下一根線撐住了，讓我們一直開到了鄉間。”When we finally got there, we dropped it off near our fence, to attempt to start it the next morning. Right after waking up, I armed myself with all the instruction manualsand blueprints I had. Of course, the tricky accumulator scheme was not inthose, but by midday I figured out that I just had to swap the cables around and presto – it started!"
我們把裝甲車停在了柵欄旁，打算第二天試着開動它。第二天睡醒後，我裝備上所有說明書和設計圖就去研究怎麼開動了，那個奇葩的蓄電池的說明雖然沒有，但是鼓搗到中午我總算是發現只要把兩根線調換一下——噹噹！開動嘍！"Which my dog,Taras, immediately found very useful."
“我的狗Taras，突然發現挺有用的。”
A little more about the thing itself. BRDM-2 is a Combat Reconnaissance/Patrol Vehicle. Itweighs 7 tonnes, has a 5.5 liter engine and 140 horsepowers. It consumes 40liters of 92 octane gasoline every 100 kilometers. It's an amphibious vehicle,which has a winch and a water cannon. Goes through any terrain, absolutely any.
關於這個車再說一些事。BRDM-2是一種裝甲偵察車，重7噸，每5.5升輸出140馬力。每100公里消耗40升92汽油。它是一種水路兩棲載具，所以配備有絞盤和水炮。可以在世上任何地形行駛。And the main t 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 live journal has ever seen. This won't be a chilled-out ride on rented four-wheelers with underseat heating and night stops in Hiltons, buta real off-road expedition through mud, lakes, rivers and forests.
要幹正事了：我現在正在給它拋光，並且準備好執照和手續。這會花些時間，但一旦我弄好了，我就要開始livejournal上最牛逼的旅程直播了。開着豪車，走一趟舒舒服服的旅程沒什麼意思，來一場跨越沼澤、湖泊、河流和森林的越野旅行才叫激動人心呢。
You or your company can easily sponsor our expedition. The logo of each sponsor will be applied onto the armor of this beast, and we'll give each and every sponsor a special mention in every update we do. Right now I'm looking for technical sponsors,which can consist of:
歡迎你和你的公司贊助我的遠征。贊助者的Logo將會被貼到裝甲上，並且能得到我在每一次更新的特別提名。現在我正在尋求技術支持，包括：1) A warm autoworkshop in Moscow
莫斯科市內一座溫暖的工作房2) Paint andfinishing works
噴塗和修飾工作3) Armored windows and their installation
防彈玻璃和安裝4) Laser cutting,welding, metalwork
激光切割、焊接和金工5) Interior work
內部裝修A technical sponsorship will is a relatively inexpensive and quick way to get your ad space throughout our expedition, don't miss the chance! You can always reach me attima @ I'll try to postupdates on the finishing we are doing on the vehicle as often as possible.
技術支持不僅省錢，我的這次旅行也能給你帶來廣告效益，所以不要錯過這次機會喔！你可以在tima @ 聯繫我，我將盡量多的更新我們修繕這輛車的進程。And finally, the mainquestion – "why?!". Here's what I can say. Just one ride in this thing makes all the questions instantly disappear. It's super fun and you just cannot getan experience like it anywhere else in the world!"
最後，還有一個問題——“爲什麼要做這些？！”那麼我所能說的就是，進行一趟這樣的旅程，這些疑問就全打消了。這真的是太有趣了，你在世上其他地方是不會有這樣的經歷的！
