NationStates Jolt Archive

For instance, you can own fighter jets or old bombers, and you can own tanks...

You can even use your tanks to make money...

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Recently ran over a spankingly nice beamer worth a few grand seems the guys girlfriend was playing away with her boss so while she was on business with him for the weekend the boy friend got her pride and joy flattened by us ,after all he had bought it for her birthday. on this occasion i did insist it was registerd to us and we paid a pound for it with a proper sighned by him recipt. She found the pictures along with all her crap outsite his flat in bin bags poor girl

Probably the best way to have fun in a tank is running over cars - they don't offer any resistance at all, and they crush like empty beer cans.

I wants a tank!

That's extremely awesome.

I suppose there are those who were thinking, "what would a private citizen need with a tank?" and then there's this.

Just to show you that a tank can be a lot of fun.

A tank, that gets perhaps 5mpg when your gas costs $7.50 a gallon. That's fuckin brilliant.

i'd never need to worry about other drivers being dicks again if i had a tank..... *dreams* :D

Hell yeah! I've wanted to import a T55 or quite a while. I'd have loads of fun tearing around the local countryside in one of them.

I love going to the military shows down in England. All the tank owners travel to the annual War and Peace Show to drive round the arena and take part in re-enactments. Last year was quite fun.

I watched the enactment from atop a hill, and had a group of fellow military geek critics next to me.

"Why aren't they moving the Tiger I? It's been sitting there the whole time, and only fired a single round?"

"What's that officer doing? Trying to get shot?"

"Why is the German field gun aiming at the bottom of the hill in front of it?

"Hey cool the German half-tracks are flanking the Brits."

"Oh the British are withdrawing... OMG it's the American's and thier half-tracks!"

"The Tiger is surrendering!? It only got hit by a grenade on the side of the turret! Oh hey the commander is making a last stand... Oh wait he dropped his pistol, he's surrendering. Artillery section as well. The half-tracks are making thier getaway."

"Dude, like how many Americans actually died? Like 4? The Germans got wiped out!"

Last year there was a Jagdpanther, one of only three working condition vehicles.

you mean you don't get to own them in the US?? so you can own a full automatic assault rifle but not a decomissioned tank? seems pretty stupid to me.

you mean you don't get to own them in the US?? so you can own a full automatic assault rifle but not a decomissioned tank? seems pretty stupid to me.

I thought you couldn't own automatic weapons in the US. Or in some parts of it at least.

I thought you couldn't own automatic weapons in the US. Or in some parts of it at least.

as far as i've gathered there is a movement to ban them but it isn't making much headway. could well be wrong though.

"Why aren't they moving the Tiger I? It's been sitting there the whole time, and only fired a single round?"

Probably because it is the only one running in England and they want to minimize the wear and tear.

Probably because it is the only one running in England and they want to minimize the wear and tear.

Yeah. They were funny to listen to.

It's such a pity the Germans never win. :(

as far as i've gathered there is a movement to ban them but it isn't making much headway. could well be wrong though.

You can in some states. However, you need to get a very expensive and difficult to obtain license. Hail the Wiki! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Firearms_Act#The_registration_process.2C_purchases.2C_taxes_and_transfers)

Anyway, you can buy decommissioned military vehicles in the US. When I lived in Colorado Springs there was a guy who had an old personnel carrier of some kind. There's also some place out there that sells old Shermans and such, but I don't remember the name of it.

I thought you couldn't own automatic weapons in the US. Or in some parts of it at least.

What a misconception.

As of 1934, in the US it was illegal to purchase or own a fully automatic weapon without a National Firearms Act tax stamp:

200 dollars, and a 90 day FBI background investigation. You also need an approval in writing from your local law enforcement (if they think you're a nut, they won't approve).

You also surrender your rights against search and seizure - from then on, the ATF can show up, kick your door in without a warrant, and search your house to make sure you haven't sold it or transferred it.

Since 1934, only a handful of these (less than 5) have been used in any crime whatsoever.

If you read about a crime where a fully-automatic weapon (or silenced weapon) was used in the US, it was probably an illegally smuggled weapon.

After all, if you can import 20 million in cocaine in a ship, what are a few submachineguns (maybe 300 dollars each) to add to the shipment?

And no, you can't get them at the gunstore without getting the NFA permit first.

What a misconception.

As of 1934, in the US it was illegal to purchase or own a fully automatic weapon without a National Firearms Act tax stamp:

200 dollars, and a 90 day FBI background investigation. You also need an approval in writing from your local law enforcement (if they think you're a nut, they won't approve).

You also surrender your rights against search and seizure - from then on, the ATF can show up, kick your door in without a warrant, and search your house to make sure you haven't sold it or transferred it.

Since 1934, only a handful of these (less than 5) have been used in any crime whatsoever.

If you read about a crime where a fully-automatic weapon (or silenced weapon) was used in the US, it was probably an illegally smuggled weapon.

After all, if you can import 20 million in cocaine in a ship, what are a few submachineguns (maybe 300 dollars each) to add to the shipment?

And no, you can't get them at the gunstore without getting the NFA permit first.

I just remembered someone posting a thread about how using a shoelace to "convert" a semi-automatic gun into a aumtomatic gun was a bad thing.

Yeah. They were funny to listen to.

It's such a pity the Germans never win. :(

That's the problem with history, always seems to end the same way.

That's the problem with history, always seems to end the same way.

I just figure the German re-enactors might just be a bit sick of losing each and every year.

Yes you can own a tank in the United Kingdom........... however


You cannot take one on the road without having its turret locked in a rear facing position, it must also be under 42 tonnes in weight and have legal lights/number plate (counts out all those second hand Challenger and M1-Abrahams tanks) , if your tank weigh more than 42 tonnes you can only transport it as a 'special load' on a transporter that gives max weight per axle of 7.5 tones (British army found this out while towing their Challenger 2 tanks around the country)

Far as I remember those a basic regs (I may be wrong on 1 or 2 bits)

BUT since a Warrior APC weighs in at less than 42 tons , comes with a nifty 6 man carrying capacity and a neat machine gun on top you can own one of these AND drive it on the road

Ideal for the school run:eek:

BUT since a Warrior APC weighs in at less than 42 tons , comes with a nifty 6 man carrying capacity and a neat machine gun on top you can own one of these AND drive it on the road

Ideal for the school run:eek:

A good replacement for the minivan, especially when you have a lot of friends or children...

When I was a traveler we drove a old BT Bedford TK....lots of fun...but I always wanted one of these...

Bedford RL...

http://mr-bg.fotopic.net/p20589842.html

Hell yeah! I've wanted to import a T55 or quite a while. I'd have loads of fun tearing around the local countryside in one of them.

I love going to the military shows down in England. All the tank owners travel to the annual War and Peace Show to drive round the arena and take part in re-enactments. Last year was quite fun.

I watched the enactment from atop a hill, and had a group of fellow military geek critics next to me.

"Why aren't they moving the Tiger I? It's been sitting there the whole time, and only fired a single round?"

"What's that officer doing? Trying to get shot?"

"Why is the German field gun aiming at the bottom of the hill in front of it?

"Hey cool the German half-tracks are flanking the Brits."

"Oh the British are withdrawing... OMG it's the American's and thier half-tracks!"

"The Tiger is surrendering!? It only got hit by a grenade on the side of the turret! Oh hey the commander is making a last stand... Oh wait he dropped his pistol, he's surrendering. Artillery section as well. The half-tracks are making thier getaway."

"Dude, like how many Americans actually died? Like 4? The Germans got wiped out!"

Last year there was a Jagdpanther, one of only three working condition vehicles.

I TOTALLY feel where you're coming from.

I really want a tank now. Convert it to some cheaper alternative fuels, and it will make a great vehicle.

In the US, I`m sure you can have military graded aircraft.

I´ve just seen a show where people bought some russian aircraft from WW2 for 50.000 dolars.

...if you drive a tank, you don't have to worry about people not giving you enough room when you pull out of a parking space! >:)

I really want a tank now. Convert it to some cheaper alternative fuels, and it will make a great vehicle.

Cheaper?

They tend to be more environmental, yeah, but not cheaper.

Anyway, you can buy decommissioned military vehicles in the US.
Surplus auctions are a great place to buy this stuff. I once read a report about a guy who bought two complete (unassembled) cobra attack helicopters.

Now, normally one can't buy cobra attack helicopters, so it was still legal to buy the munitions for a cobra attack helicopter.

Cheaper?

They tend to be more environmental, yeah, but not cheaper.
Alternative fuels are cheaper in many places because they're not taxed as heavily.