Topic: Russia: Drunk crew crashes tank into house.

Venom PL · March 7th, 2008

Quote:

By Stephanie Kennedy reports from London

Posted 26 minutes ago

A Russian tank crashed through a villager's house after the crew stopped to buy more vodka at a nearby shop.

Footage from a mobile phone camera showed the tank hitting a corner of the house and a laughing, and apparently drunk, driver awkwardly trying to clamber aboard with two bottles of vodka.

"Get him out of the tank," screamed a woman in the village in the Urals.

The army promised to pay compensation and said the tank must have been broken and fallen behind a column heading to a test site for exercises. Earlier it said the vehicle slid on melting ice.

"Of course, there were violations but the crew acted in good faith to catch up with its unit," said Colonel Konstantin Lazutkin, spokesman for Russia's Volga-Urals Military District.

"Thank God, they didn't shoot," the house owner said on the video.

Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...?section=world

Video: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=188_1204915081

What can I say....BIG LOL

Ps: It's good that no one was hurt.

Fox · March 7th, 2008

"Thank God, they didn't shoot." LMAO.

As for this video, funny but stupid.

Team Infidel · March 7th, 2008

oh goodness...........

the_13th_redneck · March 8th, 2008

It doesn't look like a tank.
I can't tell what it is... video quality and all but would that be an SA-6 Gainful without the missiles? Then again, it seems to sport some kind of small covered radar dish but the Gainful doesn't have that. Maybe it's something else entirely (coiled cables which have been covered).

EDIT: It's not an SA-6. It's an SA-11.

Venom PL · March 8th, 2008

It's Tunguska IMO: - on the video you can see covered radar and guns.

the_13th_redneck · March 8th, 2008

Yeah you're right.

AJChenMPH · March 8th, 2008

[Homer Simpson]

D'oh!!!

[/Homer Simpson]

The Other Guy · March 8th, 2008

Nothing like a drunk Russian...

Damien435 · March 10th, 2008

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Originally Posted by the_13th_redneck

It doesn't look like a tank.
I can't tell what it is... video quality and all but would that be an SA-6 Gainful without the missiles? Then again, it seems to sport some kind of small covered radar dish but the Gainful doesn't have that. Maybe it's something else entirely (coiled cables which have been covered).

EDIT: It's not an SA-6. It's an SA-11.

It's got treads and a turret, as far as the media is concerned it's a tank.

I don't know if that makes me feel better or worse about the state of the Russian military, hopefully the guys in the silos aren't in the same boat as this driver.

bigcanada813 · March 12th, 2008

well, if people need a reason for not having liquor rations any more, those guys are a prime example.

March 7th, 2008	Post 2
Fox Can you hear me now? Gear	"Thank God, they didn't shoot." LMAO. As for this video, funny but stupid. __________________ Why should I have to "Press 1 for English?" --Every American

March 7th, 2008	Post 3
Team Infidel Milforum's Postmaster Gear	oh goodness........... __________________

March 8th, 2008	Post 4
the_13th_redneck Fridgeraider (Instructor) Gear	It doesn't look like a tank. I can't tell what it is... video quality and all but would that be an SA-6 Gainful without the missiles? Then again, it seems to sport some kind of small covered radar dish but the Gainful doesn't have that. Maybe it's something else entirely (coiled cables which have been covered). EDIT: It's not an SA-6. It's an SA-11. __________________ Sergeant 13th Redneck (RET) Republic of Korea Marine Corps TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSTITUTED Next time you travel http://www.epictrip.com Last edited by the_13th_redneck; March 8th, 2008 at 05:28.

March 8th, 2008	Post 7
AJChenMPH Forum Health Inspector Gear	[Homer Simpson] D'oh!!! [/Homer Simpson] __________________ Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" -- Isaiah 6:8

March 8th, 2008	Post 8
The Other Guy Spam King Gear	Nothing like a drunk Russian... __________________ When did "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!" become "Give up your liberties or we're all gonna die?"

March 8th, 2008	Post 5
Venom PL Centurion Gear	It's Tunguska IMO: - on the video you can see covered radar and guns.

March 8th, 2008	Post 6
the_13th_redneck Fridgeraider (Instructor) Gear	Yeah you're right.

March 12th, 2008	Post 10
bigcanada813 Canuckus Maximus Gear	well, if people need a reason for not having liquor rations any more, those guys are a prime example. __________________ "I find your lack of faith disturbing."

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