The biggest and baddest street-legal armored vehicle of 2012: The Marauder by Paramount Group

The biggest and baddest street-legal armored vehicle of 2012 is undoubtedly called the Marauder by Paramount Group in South Africa. It weighs over 10 tons and can drive away from high explosive explosions and shrug off rocket propelled grenade attacks.

It is a military spec vehicle but any civilians can own it if they can pass a background check and can shell out a whopping $500,000.

As if by the shear appearance wasn't intimidating enough, the name, by definition means to roam or go around in quest for plunder; make a raid for booty.

Specs and features:

• Weighs 21,780 lbs
• Overall length is 20ft., width is 8ft. and height is 9ft.
• Uses a 6 cylinder Cummins ISBe4 Turbo Diesel Engine
• Which produces 300 brake horse power and 1100 Nm of torque
• Top speed of 70 mph
• Maximum range of 420 miles
• Can carry up to 10 passengers including a driver and a commander
• Comes with either a 4x4 or a 6x6 model

What makes this tank, I mean armored personnel vehicle the baddest vehicle on the planet is the ridiculous armor that it is surrounded with. Along with it's capability to be customized with machine guns, turrets, and missile launchers.

Technology involved:

• Double-skin monocoque hull armor provides protection up to  STANAG 4569 level III ballistic projectiles and STANAG 4569 3a and 3b mine blast explosions.
• Interior is not very flashy, but has many buttons for offensive and defensive measures.
• Can be equipped with light to medium machine gun turrets, cannon turrets, mortars, and missile launchers.
• Can fit with various control systems to compliment any weapon customization.
• Can also be equipped with a surveillance system.

Interesting and ridiculous facts about the Marauder:

• Costs $500,000
• Is used by the Azerbaijani Armed forces and for peacekeeping in Africa.
• Voted the #1 Vehicle for the top 10 Vehicles for the End of the World by MSN Autos.
• Drivable in almost any terrain
• Can blast through just about any obstacles standing in its way
• Outlasted a high explosive explosion which demolished its competitor, the Hummer to pieces. 
• Can protect against lion attacks!!!

 
The Marauder by Paramount Group ruthlessly snatches the BFL Crown and crowns itself as the biggest and baddest street-legal armored vehicle of 2012. There is almost no terrain that it cannot handle and almost no obstacle that it cannot simply blast through, whether by ramming it's staggering 10 ton weight against it, or by blasting through it with it's missile launchers.