Bored of your daily drive?

Trojan

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How about chopping it in... for a tank!

Family buys tank

A German family has bought a six-tonne tank to use for shopping and day trips.

Dad Joachim Schoeneich has even fitted a baby seat to the British-built Fox tank for his two-year-old son Paul.

The tank is armed with a disabled 30mm gun and has three-inch thick armour plating.

"We take the tank to go shopping and little trips," laughed Joachim, from Neu Anspach.

"It is a bit hard to find a parking place, but we get right of way at every junction."

The only drawback is fuel consumption as the £24,000 tank's 4.2 litre engine struggles to better five miles per gallon.

"But the driving experience makes up for it," says Joachim.
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Yeah, that's also one I found on google, loads of rubbish comes up when you google 'fox tank'. :p

So as yet, nobody has a real tank for their daily drive. :)

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Well the credibiilty of the report is questionable and without a photo of the vehicle I couldn't correctly identify it for sure if it is most likely to be the Fuchs. Either way, it is not a tank but to be honest I'd prefer the Fuchs anyway, would be much more fun to drive :D
 
Well that Fox is listed as ~6 tons and as UK built and with a 30mm cannon so I guess that's more likly to be the one. I think I'd prefer a tracked vehicle, must be awesome fun off road :)
 
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[DOD]Asprilla;12179276 said:
I know an ex-trooper who will tell you that that Scimitar is every bit a tank!!

Mind when he was driving them we did refer to him as Lt Gruber.
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It is a reconnaissance vehicle; light, agile and (relatively) fast with a small calibre weapon to defend itself. Just because it has tracks and a gun doesn't make a scimitar a tank.
 
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