Man shells out £14k on army tank for supermarket run

[George P Burdell]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/a...l?in_article_id=409518&in_page_id=1770

via digg

 

[Exterous]

Man after my own heart. Having a tank or an APV for a vehicle is a personal dream of mine. No worries of others road rage "Opps, did I just drive over and crush your car. I'm so terribly sorry."

 

[rivan]

Nice!

 

[ThePresence]

Awesome.

Cop tries to pull you over? Swivel that main gun his way and watch what happens. 😀

 

[Nerva]

man thats what i was always saying, people would stay so far away from you. i wish i could get one of those...

 

[drinkmorejava]

I'd like to know what they mean by deactivated.

 

[OutHouse]

Thats cool. wish i could get one.

 

[NuclearNed]

And just like that, parking is never a problem for this guy ever again.

 

[AnyMal]

:thumbsup:

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: drinkmorejava
I'd like to know what they mean by deactivated.

They probably filled the barrel with concrete and welded a plate on the end or something like that.

 

[xSkyDrAx]

awesome

 

[Scarpozzi]

It's cool that he had rubber tracks put on it. I was thinking about that seen from 007 when he was sliding the tank around on the streets and tearing up the asphalt. 😛

I wonder if you could make one of those street legal in the U.S...

 

[Horus]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: drinkmorejava
I'd like to know what they mean by deactivated.

They probably filled the barrel with concrete and welded a plate on the end or something like that.

Removed the breech block/Firing pin?

 

[krunchykrome]

Damn, thats awesome. Id love to pull up next "that guy" in the F-350 with the 2 foot lift.

 

[Born2bwire]

14,000 quid for that thing doesn't sound that bad. It's a neat lil tank, doesn't look like its size would be encumbersome in any way.

 

[ElFenix]

Stephen's neighbour, Mike Kennedy, said: "When we saw the tank we thought it was police coming up at last with a real response in dealing with anti-social behaviour in the town."

nice

 

[EagleKeeper]

Had a roommate in college that was going to be a marine pilot.

He had a similar poster on the wall - "Parking space not a problem"

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Stephen's neighbour, Mike Kennedy, said: "When we saw the tank we thought it was police coming up at last with a real response in dealing with anti-social behaviour in the town."

nice

Haha... what? 😕 That's how they deal with antisocial behavior over there, by sending the police in with a tank? 😀