Typically, defense contractors crank out just a few hundred armored vehicles a year.
At dusk Friday, two light armored vehicles drove toward the house, with armed police crouching behind them for cover, an eyewitness told National Radio.
It builds ships and armored vehicles, as well as information-technology systems for the military.
Russian state television broadcast footage of a column of Russian army trucks and armored vehicles driving through Sukhumi, Abkhazia 's main city.
Britain is sending new equipment to support its troops, helicopters, armored vehicles, aerial surveillance drones and special bomb-disposal personnel.
French armored vehicles had been seen advancing on the residence ahead of Mr. Gbagbo's capture.
Meanwhile, a British newspaper says the head of the country's elite special forces in Afghanistan has abruptly resigned because of a lack of armored vehicles for his troops.
They drove in SUVs, not in big armored vehicles.
When the door is closed, one can hear typical hollow thud of armor. When you drive in the “Tiger”, you do feel that you are inside an armored vehicle.
