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Russian tank rams house on vodka run (SEE VIDEO)
Khaleej Times Online ^ | 7 March 2008

Posted on 03/08/2008 11:24:12 AM PST by lizol

Russian tank rams house on vodka run (AFP)

7 March 2008

MOSCOW - An apparently drunk Russian tank driver rammed his 25-tonne fighting machine into a remote village cottage while on a vodka run, footage aired on Friday on state television showed.

The soldier was filmed driving the tank, armed with an anti-aircraft gun, through a tiny street in Oktyabrskaya, in the Ural mountains’ Sverdlovsk region.

He clambered unsteadily into his vehicle with two freshly purchased bottles, then rammed a fence and a house while attempting to leave.

“He was drunk,” a villager said on Channel One television. An assistant at the local shop said the soldier had purchased two bottles of vodka.

Army spokesman Konstantin Lazutkin promised the military would pay for repairs.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: onlyinrussia; russia; russianarmy
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1 posted on 03/08/2008 11:24:12 AM PST by lizol
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"Army spokesman Konstantin Lazutkin promised the military would pay for repairs."

....and the driver's entrails will be used for tread grease.

2 posted on 03/08/2008 11:28:05 AM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: lizol
LOL!

The best was the officer - trying to explain, what happened:
"The soldier was ablsolutely sober, as they were going to the training field. All that happened was accidentally. Besides - you see what a glazed frost we have around today ".

ROTFL :-)))
3 posted on 03/08/2008 11:28:37 AM PST by lizol (Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
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To: lizol
He probably drank the break fluid before he went on the Vodka run.
4 posted on 03/08/2008 11:29:07 AM PST by JimC214
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To: Grimmy; Konrad_PL; Reform Canada; SLB; Neu Pragmatist; the lastbestlady; Borax Queen; ...

Ping


5 posted on 03/08/2008 11:29:35 AM PST by lizol (Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
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A block wall damaged like that needs to be completely torn down. He obviously wouldn’t have been able to get the alcohol on foot. Dude was too drunk to walk...


6 posted on 03/08/2008 11:33:18 AM PST by kinoxi
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To: lizol
The soldier was filmed driving the tank, armed with an anti-aircraft gun, through a tiny street in Oktyabrskaya, in the Ural mountains’ Sverdlovsk region

He said he was there for Oktyabrskyafest...

7 posted on 03/08/2008 11:33:38 AM PST by mikrofon (The driver was actually in the tank.)
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I’m glad he’s not the one in charge of the nukes.


8 posted on 03/08/2008 11:38:00 AM PST by popdonnelly (Get Reid. Salazar, and Harkin out of the Senate.)
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To: lizol

Look ma, no brains.


9 posted on 03/08/2008 11:42:16 AM PST by Shortwave (Islamofascism is NOT America's greatest enemy, our apathy is.)
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To: popdonnelly
I’m glad he’s not the one in charge of the nukes.

Not yet anyways.

10 posted on 03/08/2008 11:52:07 AM PST by lowbridge ("I can't wait to see what he stands for." - Susan Sarandon on her support of Barack Obama)
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To: JimC214
..in 1976, Russian Defector Victor B. flew his New MiG-25 Foxbat to n. Japan....They (the crews) called the Foxbat, "A flying Restaurant (So much Vodka. :) "
11 posted on 03/08/2008 11:52:47 AM PST by skinkinthegrass (just b/c your paranoid, doesn't mean "they" aren't out to get you...our hopes were dashed by CINOs :)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Too bad the cottage owner didn’t have an anti-tank weapon.


12 posted on 03/08/2008 11:53:48 AM PST by Levante
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To: lizol
The best was the officer - trying to explain, what happened:

My wife, a native Russian speaker, burst out laughing when she heard the officer's explanation.

13 posted on 03/08/2008 12:03:47 PM PST by Drew68
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To: lizol

Boris! Take tank, get Vodka!


14 posted on 03/08/2008 12:05:03 PM PST by PLMerite ("Unarmed, one can only flee from Evil. But Evil isn't overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper)
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To: PLMerite

Where’s MADD when you really need them?


15 posted on 03/08/2008 12:08:28 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: lowbridge; popdonnelly
"I’m glad he’s not the one in charge of the nukes."

"Not yet anyways."

Are you guys sure?

16 posted on 03/08/2008 12:09:06 PM PST by Positive (Nothing is sadder than to see a beautiful theory murdered by a gang of brutal facts.)
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To: lizol
The Russian Polkovnik's (colonel) statement amounted to "Oopski!"

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

17 posted on 03/08/2008 12:11:02 PM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: PLMerite

Saw the guy with all the stars talking. I don’t understand Russian, but he appeared to be pissed.

Someone is in deep sh*&ski......


18 posted on 03/08/2008 12:11:43 PM PST by duckbutt (Those who pay no taxes have no check on their appetite for services.)
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To: lizol

I’m not sure how a house can go on a Vodka run.

But if a house WAS on a vodka run, I can see where you would need a tank to stop it.

:-)


19 posted on 03/08/2008 12:12:30 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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No, they only grease treads with the guy if he breaks the bottles.

(Na zdorovye!)


20 posted on 03/08/2008 12:12:36 PM PST by RichInOC (...William Frank Buckley, Jr., November 24, 1925-February 27, 2008, R.I.P.)
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