Tough Ride: BRDM-2 armoured vehicle used as taxi in Russia

From the New Year people in St. Petersburg will be able to take a cab ride in one of the city’s newest taxis: an amphibious armoured patrol vehicle. That's after a decommissioned BRDM-2 Combat Reconnaissance and Patrol Vehicle was added to the pool of one of the city's taxi firms. It has been pimped out with leather interiors and electric windows, and, of course, clients are encased within 14 mm (0.55 inches) of armour. COURTESY: RT's RUPTLY video agency, NO RE-UPLOAD, NO REUSE - FOR LICENSING, PLEASE, CONTACT http://ruptly.tv RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT Listen to us on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rttv RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.