Have you ever been in a tank

I have been in a tank, what about you.

Corpral Mic von Krate

 

I too have been in a tank, but in central Canada we call them bathtubs.

 

Really. Why do they call them bath tubs, i used to live where you live and they never called them that.

Mic

 

He's joking, of course. Talking about water tanks as opposed to armoured vehicles.

The closest I've been was the inside of a Sd.Kfz.251 halftrack. They offer rides in it at the Ardennes 1944 museum at Poteau (Belgium). It was noisy.

 

ohh... kool, but yeah that would have been loud.

 

I sneaked onto an M3 halftrack at the Canadian war museum. ruined the vehilce by bolting like 5 signs do not climb the vehicle.

 

kool, but it must have been worth it to sneak into the tank eh

 

It hardly seems 'kool' to be responsible for damaging historical artifacts.

 

The signs were there for a reason. Not kool, Gunter.

 

I've been on plenty of tanks,but never in one.

 

In that case you never seen their T-34. I doubt evan iraq would use it. The barrel was bent and broken in several areas. the skirts above the track were falling apart.

They did have a shot up StugIII, you could see from one side into the other.

My friend has pictures from when he and his friends when there. 1 of them tried to get into Hitler's mercedes.

 

Your friend should be put in a penal colony. I hate it when people can't keep their damn hands off things. Which reminds me...

I was at Strokkur, a publically available geysir in Iceland. It had a small chain fence about 20 or so feet around the whole thing, with a "DON'T GO BEYOND" sign on it. A woman of 20 or so goes over the fence, walks right close up to the geysir, and leans over a bit to get a better look. The geysir hurls superheated water and steam every five minutes, which splashes down all around the fenced area. "Dear? I don't think you should be there, dear..." Slowly, she steps away and goes back over the fence again. A few seconds later, the geysir bursts. Natural selection? :neutral:

 

I've actually rode a tank. A moving one, and I was in it! A Chinese tank, by the way. The ride was in Shenzhen. That happened a long time ago, but I still remember the general details. I was caught totally unprepared. I thought it would be an unhurried, relatively slow trundle around the track. Instead, it was more like a rollercoaster ride, taking into account all the bumps and rolls in the track. And, at this year's Calgary Stampede, I got inside a Leopard I. I don't know if it was actually a Leopard I, though, I just know it had a 105mm gun, which the 2A6 does not have.

 

tank rides

I suppose I'm lucky? As a young trainee trooper at the end of WW2 I rode in Churchills at my training regiment. Later as a specialist gun-fitter at Bovington and Lulworth Gunnery school I rode and fired from, chaffee,sherman, Black-Prince, Mk 1 Cent, cromwell, comet, alecto, various armoured cars, possibly others I can't recall, have also been inside different Axis vehicles that we had at Lulworth but not mobile. I joined my first regiment the 'Queens Bays' (2nd. Dragoon Guards) in Italy in 46 and we were equiped with Comets, we also had a few Sherman bulldozer and recovery vehicles. I later transfered to the '1st Kings Dragoon Guards' where we had Staghounds and Alectos. Unfortunately unlike most of you we just took it for granted and our knowledge of other vehicles was very limited, I actually had a 3ton.Chev. Lorry with a plate on the engine stating it was 'Rebuilt 8th.Army workshops 1941'!!! I have to admit that the knowledge shown and expressed in this forum contains more technical info than we ever knew and far more than I know now, we weren't particularly interested, if you were issued with it you put up with it and made the best of it. Just to prove to you that I was once as young as you, here's a picture of a very young and cocky trooper in early 45.

 

Merlin, why do you have a distinct list to port in that photo?
Or shouldn't I ask

 

list to port!

It was a requirement for cavalry regiments, it helped getting on the horse! Actually it was all the money in my left hand pocket! Three shillings a day in old money, what's that? about 15 1/2 pence? Even the heavy tank regiment badge on my right arm didn't balance it! It went down well with the girls though!!!

 

back when SFOR forces were litterary EVERYWHERE in Bosnia, my cousin managed to persuade the soldiers to let me into a Warrior FV510
Infantry fighting vehicle. i loved every second :smok:

as far as WWII tanks go, i've climbed around on some old tank outside of a museum in Banja Luka. i might post a picture of it someday, if i remember to do so...

 

Christian wrote:

C'mon, I doubt a tank-enthusiast teenager is going to leave even a footprint behind when sneaking into an armoured vehicle, let alone damage a vehicle designed for military operations. Though I must say that I sincerely believed the spelling 'kool' has been shed from all Earthly lexicons.

 

It might not dent the armour, but small parts can surely be bend, and paint wil be worn. These museums are generally struggling to survive, and any additional cost is a burden to them.

Take, for example, the Tiger II at La Gleize. The owner (a private person) hasto spend a considerable amount of money each year on paint, because people climb on the tank.

 

Unless otherwise posted Christian,I myself wouldn't be able to resist jumping on to that Tiger as well.How often does one get that chance.