Editing Technical (vehicle) (section)

=== Chadian–Libyan conflict ===
{{Main|Toyota War}}

[[File:EUFOR - Tchad (3).jpg|thumb|A Chadian [[Toyota Land Cruiser (J70)|Toyota Land Cruiser Pickup]] technical.]]
In 1987, [[Chad]]ian troops equipped with technicals drove the heavily mechanized [[Libya]]n army from the [[Aozou Strip]]. The vehicles were instrumental in the victory at the [[Battle of Fada]], and were driven over {{convert|150|km|abbr=on}} into Libya to [[Battle of Maaten al-Sarra|raid military bases]]. It was discovered that these light vehicles could ride through anti-tank minefields without detonating the mines when driven at speeds over 100&nbsp;km/h. The vehicles became so famous that, in 1984, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' dubbed early stages of the conflict the "[[Toyota War|Great Toyota War]]".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,921683,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071227070527/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,921683,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 27, 2007 |title=The Great Toyota War |magazine=Time |date=April 23, 1984 |access-date=July 6, 2011}}</ref>

The Toyota War was unusual in that the force equipped with improvised vehicles prevailed over the force equipped with purpose-built fighting vehicles. [[MILAN]] [[anti-tank guided missile]]s provided by [[France]] were key to the Chadian success, while the Libyan forces were poorly deployed and organized.