Tanks for that story.I marched in a Military parade 5 years straight. Actually only marched maybe two years and drove a M48 tank and later a M60 tank. The parade proceeded at one part down a very steep hill and i was very alert and a little on edge driving that tank with spectators so close by, plus others marching in front. I was constantly looking for were i could ditch the tank if need be and there was none. The M60 proved to be harder as the brakes were hard and needed a considerably amount of force on the pedal to make it stop. Even though "they" had others who were tankers they still used to me to drive one of several tanks on city streets. We also had APC's in the parade. None of that exists today and two of those M60's are parked in front of the Armory as lawn ornaments.
Reminds me of an older guy way back when working at a gas station during high school. He was Nat'l Guard and got called out to plow streets in Chicago,parking ban, with a plow attached. He said 3 days later they found a flattened MGB or something that he had run over; never even felt it.I marched in a Military parade 5 years straight. Actually only marched maybe two years and drove a M48 tank and later a M60 tank. The parade proceeded at one part down a very steep hill and i was very alert and a little on edge driving that tank with spectators so close by, plus others marching in front. I was constantly looking for were i could ditch the tank if need be and there was none. The M60 proved to be harder as the brakes were hard and needed a considerably amount of force on the pedal to make it stop. Even though "they" had others who were tankers they still used to me to drive one of several tanks on city streets. We also had APC's in the parade. None of that exists today and two of those M60's are parked in front of the Armory as lawn ornaments.
They say there hasn't been one in Washington since 91 when we came back from the gulf war.Don't we aiready have military parades on Memorial day? Those are the ones i marched and drove a tank in.
Feds want to do a 'show of force' parade like the crazies do in N Korea. I think the Russians do it too. They want to pull out all the big bombs and 100k+ troops and March them down PA Ave.Don't we aiready have military parades on Memorial day? Those are the ones i marched and drove a tank in.
Tanks for that story.