Editing Technical (vehicle) (section)

=== Libyan Civil War ===
[[File:Ali Hassan al-Jaber Brigade.jpg|thumb|A [[ZU-23-2]] technical used by the forces of the [[National Transitional Council]], October 2011]]
During the [[First Libyan Civil War]], both regime loyalist forces as well as the [[anti-Gaddafi forces]] used technicals extensively. The type of warfare in the conflict—wherein highly mobile groups of soldiers and rebels continued to move to and from on the desert terrain, retreating at a time and then suddenly attacking to regain control of small towns and villages in the Eastern rebel held parts of Libya—led to the technical becoming a vehicle of choice for both sides.

Technicals were widely used by the rebels while setting up checkpoints. They formed a vast percentage of the rebel inventory, which was limited to light weapons, light body armor and very few tanks. Some medium [[flatbed truck]]s carried the Soviet-made [[ZPU]] and [[ZU-23-2]] towed anti-aircraft twin or quad barreled guns, and [[recoilless rifle]]s and [[S-5 rocket]] helicopter rocket launcher pods.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.channel4.com/news/no-move-zone-required-to-stop-gaddafi |title='No move zone' required to stop Gaddafi |work=Channel 4 News |date=March 13, 2011 |publisher=Channel 4 |access-date=March 29, 2011}}</ref> 

Some rebels improvised with captured heavy weaponry, like [[BMP-1]] turrets<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gizmodo.com/5811364/crazily-brilliant-libyan-rebels-weld-tank-turret-to-truck-and-it-works |title=Crazily Brilliant Libyan Rebels Weld Tank Turret to Truck (And It Works!) |author=Sam Biddle |work=Gizmodo |publisher=Gawker Media |date=June 13, 2011 |access-date=February 13, 2015}}</ref> and helicopter rocket pods, and lower-tech methods such as using doorbells to ignite rocket-launched ammunition.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/06/libyas-diy-rebels-outfit-trucks-with-copter-rockets/ |title=Libya's DIY Rebels Outfit Trucks With Copter Rockets – WIRED |magazine=WIRED |access-date=February 13, 2015}}</ref> Rebel technicals frequently employed [[BM-21 Grad]] rockets. Rocket tubes were salvaged from damaged regime [[Ural-375D]] trucks and mounted on the backs of pickups, with the technicals able to fire anywhere from one to six rockets.<ref>{{cite web |title=A rebel fighter celebrates as his comrades fire a rocket barrage toward Gaddafi forces west of Ajdabiyah, Libya, April 14, 2011. |url=http://www.acus.org/content/rebel-fighter-celebrates-his-comrades-fire-rocket-barrage-toward-gaddafi-forces-west-ajdabiy |publisher=Atlantic Council |access-date=October 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002181935/http://www.acus.org/content/rebel-fighter-celebrates-his-comrades-fire-rocket-barrage-toward-gaddafi-forces-west-ajdabiy |archive-date=October 2, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/8458913/Libya-Gaddafis-troops-attack-rebel-held-towns-as-humanitarian-crisis-deepens.html?image=10 |location=London |work=The Daily Telegraph |title=Libya: Gaddafi's troops attack rebel-held towns as humanitarian crisis deepens |date=April 18, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/video/2011/07/17/heavy-clashes-continue-in-libya?videoId=217152996 |work=Reuters |title=Heavy clashes continue in Libya (0:50)}}</ref>