Tank Driving 101: CAPTION THIS PHOTO

Strategy Page.com ^ | 7 Jun 02 | Self

[mississippi red-neck]

COME OUTA THAT FOX HOLE WITH YOU'RE HANDS UP!!

[herewego]

(for led zep fans)

Has anybody seen the bridge??

[spectr17]

I'm not BSing you sarge, we find it easier to change the tracks this way. Swear!!!

[KineticKitty]

Sorry gentlemen, but women are not allowed into the combat tank M.O.S.'s.... Sooo this means that a male was actually driving. Which is no suprise to us women LOL ****ducks flying remote control****

[Jonah Hex]

Point taken. (smile)

Do you think maybe the driver should have at least asked for directions?

[2Trievers]

You may drive my machine ... only if you make me one little promise ... &;-)

[JohnCliftn]

Great response, permitting this rejoinder;-)

"Sir, it's a Kennedy --already tanked."

[PsyOp]

You may drive my machine ... only if you make me one little promise ... &;-)

Anything! Name it!

[PsyOp]

my machine

do they make one with a turbo?

[2Trievers]

"Anything! Name it!"

LOL ... mail call &;-)

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

DAMN! The GPS/INS computerized NAV/Geoid Mapping Software SAID there was a bridge here. Whadda mean they didn't "update the database since the last air strike"?

[kylaka]

No foul there. There are only two sins a tanker can commit. Bury the gun barrel in the dirt or run out of gas. Just a minor mishap here.

[archy]

The driver must have trained *here* instead of Ft. Knox or Ft. Hood:

[archy]

I said "Turn RIGHT dammit, your MILITARY RIGHT!!".

That would be: I said, Driver, stop, dammit....*

[archy]

No foul there. There are only two sins a tanker can commit. Bury the gun barrel in the dirt or run out of gas. Just a minor mishap here.

No problem that the battalion M88A3 VTRs can't solve- it's when you have to call for engineers or worse, ordnance that there's usually hell to pay and the vehicle's weight in paper work.

One other tank with a set of tow cables, a couple of ground guides good at hand signals and a driver who knows how to drive, and I think they could right neutral steer out of there without even getting the VTRs dirty.

I've got a VTR driver pal I'll have take a look at the pic and see what he thinks.

-archy-/-

[Criminal Number 18F]

Heh, heh.

This kind of thing happens at NTC all the time. One group of Bradleys rather famously drove off a 25-foot cliff with a number of fatalities. Famous last words (literally): "Are you sure this is the right way, Lieutenant?" "Shut up and drive!"

Another error you can commit is leaving the vehicle in neutral on a hill -- when there is a FARP downhill. The score on that one was M60 1, Ah-1 0. SBeck still owes me a photo of that one.

SBeck, ping to you, check this thread. See what mischief your branch gets up to?

Did anyone else notice that the artist who did the Russian-language tracked Porsche used a WWII German interleaved suspension? Not just a sense of humour but a subtle one.

And, KineticKitty is right, probability is that a man was driving. Gals in some maintenance jobs might drive a tank but not around obstacles like this -- she would drive it off a maint ramp instead. Indeed it's not hard to see this mishap as testosterone-based in another way: "Hey, y'all, watch this!" (Which I'm sure someone has already suggested as a caption. It just fits).

Anyone remember, "Thanks for the offer of a ride, but no thanks, sir. A rolling foxhole attracts the eye." - Willie and Joe (Bill Mauldin), 1944

But my caption is: "Skinky -- uh, General Shinseki -- said we had to at least try to use tanks to winkle the Taliban out of these caves. He doesn't want those bearded hippies in SF getting all the credit."

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[JG52blackman]

AGGIE KORPS AQUIRES NEW TANKS - NEW DRIVERS EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTIES

[Paul Atreides]

When did Roger Clinton join the military?

[TxBec]

Doh!

[terilyn]

"No bet. Judging by the tank, the driver was a woman.

***ducks flying frying pan***"

I told you to stop and ask for directions! ;)