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Any tank nuts here? WW1, WW2 Korea, Vietnam?

6PKRTSE said:
I love tanks, Jeeps and any Military vehicles. I am sure most of my neighbors already hate all of my hot rods. I couldn't imagine what they would think about me out cruisin my tank every other day....
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I don't think I'd have a problem with my neighbor having a tiger 1 in their backyard. You hear about the guy who had a German WWII tank in his basement? The German Govt. came and took it from him.
 
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all destroyed by their crew
 
About 10 years ago, wife and I went to Moscow (Dolgoprudney) for a weightlifting competition. I found a flyer in the hotel lobby for a visit to a Russian training ground where they would let you ride around in tanks. Sooo.....wife didn't want to go, but I did. Spent most of the day riding around on a T-55, inside a Bradley-type vehicle, and shooting AK47s live, and blanks for the main guns and RPGs. And drinking Russian Army Vodka. As expected, tates like battery acid. I say "on" a T-55 as getting inside the turret was tight, and once inside, the claustrophobia kicked in the the diesel smell...nope got back out. They were even going to let me drive the T-55, but I couldn't physically fit in the driver hatch. Most fun I have had in a LONG while.

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German Jagdtiger from the Schwere Panzerjager Abteilung 512 and infantry Surrendering at IserIohn in the Ruhr Pocket on 16th April 1945 to the U.S Army
 
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Two Sherman tanks of the 21st Tank Battalion, 10th Armored. They were knocked out and burned when they attempted to take a town defended by the 17th Volksgrenadier Division and a single Tiger tank from Schwere Panzer Abteilung 506. The Tiger destroyed 5 Shermans that day. The closest Sherman is an M4A3 75mm, and the one in the background is an M4A3 76mm
 
I met a World War II vet at a party. He told me stories about driving a Sherman tank in the Battle of the Bulge. He said the Shermans were out classed, but we outnumbered the German tanks. He said the average lifespan of a Sherman in that battle was 30 minutes.
 
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