These days you can camp anywhere from swinging in the branches to inside a disused church. But in a Russian army truck used in the Cold War, really? Chris Armstrong, 41, has converted the back of a 12.5-tonne six-wheel drive Russian Ural-175D, into luxury accommodation that has a double bed, shower, toilet and its own kitchen with fridge. The former Royal Marine medic fell in love with the 17-foot long nuclear proof vehicle while working in Siberia and Kazakhstan and bought one on eBay from a man in Dresden, Germany, for £6,000 in 2008. Carry on Campski: The 17-foot, 12.5 tonne Russian Ural-175D as it looks on the outside
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Ex-marine medic Chris Armstrong, from Hampshire, transformed the vehicle
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Ural-175D  features double bed, shower, toilet and a kitchen with fridge
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The unusual camper van is now on sale on eBay for £21,000
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