Jun 16 2008Epic Failures: How Not To Drive A Tank

Awesome.

some of these are so bad I wonder how the hell they happened.

Anyone else a little dissapointed you can't do some of this stuff with a tank? I mean... it's a TANK! These things should be able to roll over just about anything (Including other tanks and 90 degree drops) without having any problems! Ugh, so much for my world domination with just one tank idea...

My bad.

The last one was a great prank.

The last two aren't screw-ups, technically.

The C-130s are from a Delaware ANG unit whose base got hit by a tornado. The planes were "securely" tied down, but got tossed around like toys.

As for the track that's laid out, just like tires, tank treads eventually wear out and need to be replaced. The easiest way to do it is to disconnect the links on the worn tread, re-connect it to the new tread, and just drive the tank onto the replacement. Then the worn tread is disconnected and the new one is re-fastened around the drive wheels. It's a lot easier than trying to life the thing up with the crap-ass jack the manufacturer shoves into a corner of the trunk....

@5

Who cares?

^smart guy...want to have babies?

@6

I do.

plane nose in a truck? What the heck was was that????

I've got to say, I'd rather be the guy that f***s up in a tank than a helicopter.

For the third picture (tank standing vertically on its front), all they have to do is fire the cannon and it'll flip back into position with no possible ramifications at all! :D :|

@6
I also found SalsaShark's comment very interesting

I'm just glad these are the people defending our country....

"I'm just glad these are the people defending our country...."

Who do you think planned the occupation of Iraq?

In the Bush administration, incompetence gets you promoted.

ATV my ass!

@11 <3 <3 <3

@13- i hope you die, because you're a dumb f***

@5: but I don't think there's a new tread on that tank ;)

@ most of the tanks.

Shoulda done a barrel roll...

the tanks were probably driven by women :))

@17 it's invisible

l wonder how these guys may have felt when calling AAA to help them

@5 while I agree with what you say about replacing a tread (I've done it before) there's no tread on the right side of that tank.

@14, not all of these are US tanks. Very few of these pictures actually involve US vehicles

Our tax dollars hard at work.

3 and 5 are probably swedish, used to command both main battle and engineering tanks, and there is a story about a tank that where supposed to try out a temparary bridge (that was basically bought on miltank itary garagesale) half of it broke and the tank flipped.

scary fact for the rest of the world: swedish tanks are operated mostly by 18-21 years old doing their military-sevice-year-thingie, and they´ve won tournaments against professional crews from all over europe

And the accidents are beautiful, had a day when we saw who could jump highest with the tanks average was 1,5 m in the air and about 4-7 m of flight

sorry got carried away, good memories....

want. tank. now.

Two words: Military Intelligence

It's been and forever shall be, an oxymoron. (whether official MI or not)

@19 you're probably right

This collection is missing at least one photo - the a-hole who drove the tank all over Los Angeles several years ago and then got it caught up on a concrete barrier in the median. Cops opened up the hatch and shot the bastard to death.

...f*ck you all @1 - @27

F*** u #26 like to c u operate a tank let alone operate ure cock as to not get jizz all over ure face wen u jerk to pictures of ure mom

your tax dollars at work: the militarys best and brightest, surpassing themselves again. the guy in pic one, if he was a captain he`s a corporal now.
mind you, modern tanks are a disapointment. when the first british tank was introduced it could go right OVER A HOUSE and down the other side and still be upright. it knocked the whole crew unconcious in the process but hell, omelettes, eggs, can`t make a few without breaking a few.....

Picture # 7 is a Canadian Leopard taken in the Early 80's in Gagetown New Brunswick Canada, one of the largest train areas in the british commonwealth. Several officer cadets on training put this tank in the bog at night. I was not there at the time but was in the hanger when they towed it in the next day. The vehicle was ruined, as they were unable to close some very important panels in time. It was sent to the overhaul workshops in Montreal.

Man... some of you simpletons act like a tank is impossible to wreck. Heh. If only that were the case. I, for one, in the two years I spent as a driver on a tank in the US Army, stuffed my tank into a ditch twice! And I was a pretty good driver. So how could this happen? Imagine driving a 70 ton vehicle... 40 mph... crosscountry. Now imagine doing it where your only view of the outside world is through a vision about 3" by 8" big... maybe about a third of your computer moniter. Now imagine doing it at night. After being up for three days straight.

heheh.... can't imagine how doing that would be hard!

[b]Steering[/b] It's over rated

OH GOD... I wonder how #32 is supposed to be in the U.S military... GOD!!!!!!
Man i had to stay up 7 nights straight while on duty!.... And i still never drove my tank into a ditch...
(except maybe into a tree or a jeep) but hey! A DITCH MAN??!!!!!