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Australians! Want a FREE tank?

Jeruselem
14-09-2007, 03:45
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/14/2032842.htm

Apply to the Australian government!

Does a 42 tonne Leopard tank sound good?
Jeruselem
14-09-2007, 03:58
It'd be fun and all, but imagine paying to fill that bastard up...

Attempting to move it in a petrol station could be very interesting too.
Andaras Prime
14-09-2007, 03:59
lol, imagine driving a column of them through Sydney or something, people would think the governments been thrown out.
Nouvelle Wallonochie
14-09-2007, 04:00
It'd be fun and all, but imagine paying to fill that bastard up...
Nobel Hobos
14-09-2007, 04:26
I remember when we bought those buggers. $10 million each by my memory.

Anyone know if they ever fired a shot in anger? EDIT: D'oh, says not in the mini-article.
Nadkor
14-09-2007, 04:27
I remember when we bought those buggers. $10 million each by my memory.

Anyone know if they ever fired a shot in anger?

Article says no.
Jeruselem
14-09-2007, 04:33
Need one for the backyward! Should keep the neighbours quiet.
Jeruselem
14-09-2007, 04:37
I've seen an M113 pulled into a gas station before, but an M113 and a Leo II are slightly different sizes.

M113 are smallish - but the Leopard with its 105mm cannon might a lot of trouble.

Two time warps so far in this thread!
Nouvelle Wallonochie
14-09-2007, 04:38
Attempting to move it in a petrol station could be very interesting too.

I've seen an M113 pulled into a gas station before, but an M113 and a Leo II are slightly different sizes.
Lord Scharrer
14-09-2007, 04:46
Hmmm... I should get my family in oz to get one of those and ship it over here (Canada:D). It sure will be expensive to get it air shipped though...
Marrakech II
14-09-2007, 04:55
Hmmm... I should get my family in oz to get one of those and ship it over here (Canada:D). It sure will be expensive to get it air shipped though...

I wonder what UPS would charge to ship that?
Marrakech II
14-09-2007, 04:57
I remember when we bought those buggers. $10 million each by my memory.

Anyone know if they ever fired a shot in anger? EDIT: D'oh, says not in the mini-article.

Why buy military hardware if you are not going to use it! I say the Australians should sign up with the US on every outing we make. That way all your equipment will be battle tested.
Layarteb
14-09-2007, 05:11
I would love to drive to work down the Hutch Parkway with a Leopard :) but imagine the shipping costs all the way to New York from Australia? LOL!
Jeruselem
14-09-2007, 06:34
Why buy military hardware if you are not going to use it! I say the Australians should sign up with the US on every outing we make. That way all your equipment will be battle tested.

The "new" Abrams tanks we got from US were battle tested in Iraq ...
New Malachite Square
14-09-2007, 06:38
Does a 42 tonne Leopard tank sound good?

Sounds kind of small… I don't want a sissy compact tank. :D
Jeruselem
14-09-2007, 06:46
Sounds kind of small… I don't want a sissy compact tank. :D

I suppose you're after a 62 tonne Leopard 2 or a 65 tonne Merkava!
Greal
14-09-2007, 06:52
imgaine driving a tank to work everyday, people will think if the Government is crazy. And filling up a tank will be expensive.
Jeruselem
14-09-2007, 06:55
imgaine driving a tank to work everyday, people will think if the Government is crazy. And filling up a tank will be expensive.

But those hoons won't bother you, you point the turret in their direction and ... err fix their cars.
Oskenburg
14-09-2007, 06:58
I saw one driving through melbourne a couple of months ago for an army promotion. Freaked me out big time, I thought Indonesia had finally atacked :p
Greal
14-09-2007, 07:01
That would be funny, I do have to buy rounds and stuff. And imagine parking a tank in your parking. garage.


I remember in a Chase Tv show where cops chased cars, or bank robbers, and It said that someone managed to get hold of a old tank, so the guy driving the tank began driving it around the city, crushing roadblocks, The thing that stopped the tank was that it ran out of gas.
Imperial isa
14-09-2007, 09:25
my mum been on my back to get my driver license and i keep telling her not till i get a tank as the road full of people who got their license out of box ,i should tell her of this
German Nightmare
14-09-2007, 09:27
From the article: "The Australian Army's Leopards have never been used in action."
That somehow reminds me of "as good as new, only dropped once"...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/Leopard_Dropped_Once.jpg
Imperial isa
14-09-2007, 09:37
From the article: "The Australian Army's Leopards have never been used in action."
That somehow reminds me of "as good as new, only dropped once"...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/Leopard_Dropped_Once.jpg

just long as it not your foot it land on
Non Aligned States
14-09-2007, 09:38
How the heck did that happen?
Andaras Prime
14-09-2007, 11:46
From the article: "The Australian Army's Leopards have never been used in action."
That somehow reminds me of "as good as new, only dropped once"...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/Leopard_Dropped_Once.jpg

It means for a country like Australian conventional military purchases are a waste of money, unless of course when plan to annex NZ.
Krakhozhia
14-09-2007, 11:50
If Howard is re-elected, and still holds on to the Prime Ministership three years from now, Costello can rely on these tanks to help him oust Howard...
Call to power
14-09-2007, 12:30
ah remember the good old days when you could just sell your old toys to some war zone
Luporum
14-09-2007, 12:31
I remember in a Chase Tv show where cops chased cars, or bank robbers, and It said that someone managed to get hold of a old tank, so the guy driving the tank began driving it around the city, crushing roadblocks, The thing that stopped the tank was that it ran out of gas.

An old army dropout managed to hijack an M1a2 Abrams and started cruising around San Diego with it. Eventually it got stuck on a median and the cops jumped in and shot him. It was pretty pointless seeing as how they have to completely refuel every 4 hours. That and it's impossible to fire with one man driving, reloading, and targeting... unless he's the flash in which case the tank is superfluous.
Jeruselem
14-09-2007, 12:35
ah remember the good old days when you could just sell your old toys to some war zone

I think they still do that anyway!
Nobel Hobos
14-09-2007, 21:39
That would be funny, I do have to buy rounds and stuff. And imagine parking a tank in your parking. garage.


I remember in a Chase Tv show where cops chased cars, or bank robbers, and It said that someone managed to get hold of a old tank, so the guy driving the tank began driving it around the city, crushing roadblocks, The thing that stopped the tank was that it ran out of gas.

That was over in Western Australia, wasn't it? It made the TV news, a ridiculously slow chase. I'm not sure about W.A., but the running out of fuel thing is correct. I think if he'd poked his head out the hatch, the cops would have shot him.

Now, you'd think that would only happen once. But no. (http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=bizarre&id=5479252)
Imperial isa
14-09-2007, 22:19
That was over in Western Australia, wasn't it? It made the TV news, a ridiculously slow chase. I'm not sure about W.A., but the running out of fuel thing is correct. I think if he'd poked his head out the hatch, the cops would have shot him.

Now, you'd think that would only happen once. But no. (http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=bizarre&id=5479252)

no don't think we had it happen over here yet
New Malachite Square
14-09-2007, 22:22
I suppose you're after a 62 tonne Leopard 2 or a 65 tonne Merkava!

Well, one of those might be okay as a starter tank for commuting to work, but they're still not really family tanks, are they?
Greal
14-09-2007, 23:21
An old army dropout managed to hijack an M1a2 Abrams and started cruising around San Diego with it. Eventually it got stuck on a median and the cops jumped in and shot him. It was pretty pointless seeing as how they have to completely refuel every 4 hours. That and it's impossible to fire with one man driving, reloading, and targeting... unless he's the flash in which case the tank is superfluous.


I remember now, the tank during the end of the chase crashed into a barrier.
The Lone Alliance
15-09-2007, 02:21
An old army dropout managed to hijack an M1a2 Abrams and started cruising around San Diego with it. Eventually it got stuck on a median and the cops jumped in and shot him. It was pretty pointless seeing as how they have to completely refuel every 4 hours. That and it's impossible to fire with one man driving, reloading, and targeting... unless he's the flash in which case the tank is superfluous.
Actually it was a M60 Patton tank.
Luporum
15-09-2007, 02:23
Actually it was a M60 Patton tank.

Right, it's been a while since I saw that vid.
Neo-Erusea
15-09-2007, 02:39
Sounds kind of small… I don't want a sissy compact tank. :D

Who cares? FREE TANK! SIGN ME UP =D

xD just look how big it is compared to that car, much bigger (it seems) than those T-55 tanks I've seen in Nicaragua.
New Malachite Square
15-09-2007, 02:45
Who cares? FREE TANK! SIGN ME UP =D

xD just look how big it is compared to that car, much bigger (it seems) than those T-55 tanks I've seen in Nicaragua.

All your friends will make fun of you. They'll tell you you have a chick tank.
[NS]SpudCommando
15-09-2007, 06:31
I sure wouldn't mind driving one of those puppies on the 405. I suspect it would make my commute easier....

I'm suddenly reminded of this (http://youtube.com/watch?v=NySN_plfiNI&mode=related&search=) commericial.
Sel Appa
15-09-2007, 06:43
Didn't Australia just have a problem with rogue tank owners?
Pan-Arab Barronia
15-09-2007, 15:04
Do they ship abroad?
Nobel Hobos
15-09-2007, 15:06
I remember now, the tank during the end of the chase crashed into a barrier.

You said it ran out of fuel. God forbid you are on my side in any real debate, because you just abandoned the one fact you actually remembered from the vid, in favour of the the content of the new vid you just watched.
Nobel Hobos
15-09-2007, 15:10
Didn't Australia just have a problem with rogue tank owners?

My suss-o-meter is registering a ten. Our government is giving away armoured (though presumably disarmed) vehicles to historical societies and museums, as examples of the great Australian fighting spirit ... buy second hand German tanks, park them for twenty years, then give them away. We can all be proud...

So, I'm thinking it's a sting. See who applies, make a file on them.

Shit, can't we sell them for at least a few bucks? Nairu, Fiji, the Solomon Islands? Surely they need tanks? For, you know, what island nations need tanks for. National pride, or something.
Imperial isa
15-09-2007, 16:01
My suss-o-meter is registering a ten. Our government is giving away armoured (though presumably disarmed) vehicles to historical societies and museums, as examples of the great Australian fighting spirit ... buy second hand German tanks, park them for twenty years, then give them away. We can all be proud...

So, I'm thinking it's a sting. See who applies, make a file on them.

Shit, can't we sell them for at least a few bucks? Nairu, Fiji, the Solomon Islands? Surely they need tanks? For, you know, what island nations need tanks for. National pride, or something.

sell them to our cops, so next time someone seal one from the army they have their own tanks to deal with that person
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
15-09-2007, 16:29
sell them to our cops, so next time someone seal one from the army they have their own tanks to deal with that person
Hm, full out Urban warfare in downtown Sydney. That would probably cause more damage than simply letting the guy in the tank roll around until he runs out of gas.
Interesting idea, though.
Imperial isa
15-09-2007, 16:52
Hm, full out Urban warfare in downtown Sydney. That would probably cause more damage than simply letting the guy in the tank roll around until he runs out of gas.
Interesting idea, though.

think what Cops be like to watch
Nobel Hobos
16-09-2007, 03:27
"That's not a Sports Utility Vehicle. This is a Sports Utility Vehicle!"

*blows front wheel off SUV*
*crushes disabled SUV beneath tracks, as owner flees*

(/fantasy)
Luporum
16-09-2007, 03:31
"That's not a Sports Utility Vehicle. This is a Sports Utility Vehicle!"

Is it strange that I just thought about Crocodile Dundee?
GreaterPacificNations
16-09-2007, 05:09
lol, imagine driving a column of them through Sydney or something, people would think the governments been thrown out.

Canberra?
Nobel Hobos
16-09-2007, 05:12
Is it strange that I just thought about Crocodile Dundee?

Not the least bit!

In fact, you win ... this funny hat. Congratulations! :)
Nobel Hobos
16-09-2007, 05:40
Canberra?

Hey! Stop swearing, or I'll report you to the mods.
Gun Manufacturers
16-09-2007, 05:53
From the article: "The Australian Army's Leopards have never been used in action."
That somehow reminds me of "as good as new, only dropped once"...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/Leopard_Dropped_Once.jpg

Ouch. You know someone had to scrub a lot of toilets with a toothbrush, because of that.
Nobel Hobos
16-09-2007, 06:01
Ouch. You know someone had to scrub a lot of toilets with a toothbrush, because of that.

LOL OF THE WEEK!

Really, the best laugh I've had in seven days. Thx! :D

Credit to German Nightmare, actually. I'm laughing anyway!
Luporum
16-09-2007, 08:48
Not the least bit!

In fact, you win ... this funny hat. Congratulations! :)

*accepts hat and begins studying it by holding the weird thing at different angles*

*slowly puts hat on*

....YES!