I know everything is Big in Texas.... And selling a T72 tank on CL

[Pops1967GTX]

Someone Was Trying to Sell a Tank on Craigslist Sanantoio TX
With an asking price of $20,000..

Here’s the full text from the ad:

Note: this tank is Active and able to fire live rounds that you may have other details below you may email me if you are interested

THE MAIN BATTLE TANK T-72, A FOLLOWER OF THE T-55, WAS DESIGNED, LIKE THE T-64, IN LATE 60’S AND FINISHED IN 1972. THOSE USED BY THE CZECHOSLOVAK ARMY WERE CONSTRUCTED IN SLOVAKIA. ITS MODERNISED VERSION IS STILL THE MAIN FIELD BATTLE WEAPON OF THE CZECH ARMY. IT ITS MODERNISED VERSION, THE T-72 IS STILL IN USE BY NUMEROUS COUNTRIES.

TECHNICAL DATA:
LENGTH: (WITH THE GUN AHEAD) 9,240 MM
WIDTH: 3,600 MM (4,750 MM WITH THE SIDE PROTECTION SHIELDS)
HEIGHT: (WITHOUT THE ANTIAIRCRAFT MACHINEGUN) 2,370 MM
LAND CLEARANCE: 470 MM
FULL WEIGHT: 44 000 KG
CREW: 3
ENGINE:
V-46
12 CYLINDERS, 840 HP, DIESEL
DRIVING CAPACITIES:
MAXIMAL SPEED: 80 KM/H (RECORDED 110 KM/H ON A HIGHWAY)
OPERATIONAL RANGE: 480 KM
FUEL TANKS: 1000 L
FUEL CONSUMPTION: 450 L / 100 KM (600 IN THE WINTER)

WEAPONS:
125 2A 46 MM CANON (8 SHOTS/MIN.) + ANTITANK AT-11 (T-72 B)
7.62 MACHINEGUN
12.7 ANTIAIRCRAFT MACHINEGUN



http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/cto/4923576487.html

 

[Coyoteduster]

God Bless Texas :headbang:

 

[NJRR]

It needs a HEMI !!!!!

 

[coronet340]

I am offering my services to look at it, if anyone wants. I'm pretty sure it's off 1604, not to far from my place.

 

[Cranky]

That's not very big tank for Texas.....

 

[patrick66]

For those that think an AR-15 just isn't quite enough home protection firepower! I'd love to own this baby. Problem is, now you have to get on uship.com or similar shipping search, and see if there is a guy with the right equipment to transport this beast!

I wonder if this tank could have the ability for a three-point hitch and a PTO, so I could hook up a brush hog to mow the pasture with? That would be fun!

 

[Hemi Rebel]

For those that think an AR-15 just isn't quite enough home protection firepower! I'd love to own this baby. Problem is, now you have to get on uship.com or similar shipping search, and see if there is a guy with the right equipment to transport this beast!

I wonder if this tank could have the ability for a three-point hitch and a PTO, so I could hook up a brush hog to mow the pasture with? That would be fun!

It can do almost 70 mph. Drive it home

 

[monaco66coupe]

450l per100km? I would have to take a loan on the house to feed it! It would be fun to shoot, though.
is that 100 gallons for 40 miles? Just approx

 

[Pops1967GTX]

[video=youtube;Xyh-JpWdGmQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyh-JpWdGmQ[/video]

 

[Bb70charger500]

If I had an extra 20 g's laying around I'd buy it in a heart beat , just leave it parked in the drive way and when the people come around Sunday morning I'll sit out in it and just follow them with the turret. Bet that would be the last time they come down my street . He he he

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The listing was flagged . I wonder why

 

[monaco66coupe]

a bunch of chumps,, it's a free country. 98,000 lbs of iron in the driveway, what is the problem? Being a Russian tank?

 

[Meep-Meep]

450l per100km? I would have to take a loan on the house to feed it! It would be fun to shoot, though.
is that 100 gallons for 40 miles? Just approx

118 gals / 62 miles = .5 mi / gal Ouch!

 

[fwi]

450l per100km? I would have to take a loan on the house to feed it! It would be fun to shoot, though.
is that 100 gallons for 40 miles? Just approx

But......... with the low gas prices today, and you would likely be the only one on the block with this street rod!

 

[Bruzilla]

We used to call those "Slappers". They had an automatic loading system that worked faster than loaders could get rounds into position, and they had a nasty habit of tearing the lower arm off the loader and jamming it into the breech instead of a shell, so the worst that could happen is a hand would come flying out and slap you in the face. The loading system on the Slappers was so hated the loaders would shut it off and load manually, which gave the tank the slowest firing rate of any tank in it's class.

 

[71airgrabberRR]

They made good TARGETS too !!!!!!!

 

[Donny]

Where off of 1604 would this be Coronet? CL has deleted this advertisement. Thing is that Tank looks to be in almost new condition! The T72 I recovered with my team in Iraq back in Desert Storm was a POS compared to this one!

 

[patrick66]

It can do almost 70 mph. Drive it home

You DID read what the fuel mileage is, right??? 450l/100km - 118 gallons US per 61 miles, or 1/2 mile per gallon. So, 900 gallons (for me) at $2.66/gallon for Diesel #2 = $2,394.00 for the trip home. I'll pass.

THIS would be killer at the Saturday Cars-n-Coffee gathering. Bonus points to run over a passel of exotics, in the process!

 

[71airgrabberRR]

We used to call those "Slappers". They had an automatic loading system that worked faster than loaders could get rounds into position, and they had a nasty habit of tearing the lower arm off the loader and jamming it into the breech instead of a shell, so the worst that could happen is a hand would come flying out and slap you in the face. The loading system on the Slappers was so hated the loaders would shut it off and load manually, which gave the tank the slowest firing rate of any tank in it's class.

We were told it was a 3 man crew and didn't use a "Human" loader. Each time the main gun was fired it had to fully elevate the main gun to allow the "auto loader" to ram another round in the tube. This caused the gunner to loose his target acquisition. This caused a distinct disadvantage if the T-72 crew missed it's target on the first round, since they couldn't "fire and adjust" using the impact area of the last round as a guide to where they should aim for the next shot.

I'd LOVE to have it........................

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Couldn't afford to feed it though. LOL

 

[themechanic]

God bless CL and America.

I'd settle for one of those little French numbers.

 

[tallhair]

God bless CL and America.

I'd settle for one of those little French numbers.

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