This is what happens when you leave a tank on a street in Ukraine

Yas786 · 21 May 2014 at 00:02

As Jalopnik reports, a BMP light tank was reportedly left stalled on a city street near Mariupol... A gassed-up, fully-loaded tank. Ready to roll. Ready to obliterate some separatists. This is what happened next...

Forward to 46secs when he finds the red big button :eek:

abbotsmike · 21 May 2014 at 00:04

Just... how and why did that happen?!

Ayahuasca · 21 May 2014 at 00:14

absolute tool, looks like they injured an old man as well

gettothechopper · 21 May 2014 at 00:15

Some idiot got in and pulled the trigger probably buggering about

batsy · 21 May 2014 at 00:17

abbotsmike said:
Just... how and why did that happen?!

Never underestimate the stupidity of the general public.

Tefal · 21 May 2014 at 00:25

so tanks dont come with central locking?

mrk · 21 May 2014 at 00:30

!

abbotsmike · 21 May 2014 at 00:30

More why was it just left, do tanks have locks?! or at least some way to disable them?

Neil79 · 21 May 2014 at 00:31

Can I borrow that tank

PLEASE!

Chives · 21 May 2014 at 00:32

It is in fact an infantry fighting vehicle, rather than a tank. Potent nonetheless

opstrat · 21 May 2014 at 05:00

Ukraine. its only going to get worse before it gets better.

Sliver · 21 May 2014 at 06:12

Same thing would have happened in the UK if a tank was left out on a Friday night.

Mittens · 21 May 2014 at 08:02

Sliver said:
Same thing would have happened in the UK if a tank was left out on a Friday night.

midville · 21 May 2014 at 08:02

The majority of Tanks / AFV's don't have keys and normally have a padlock on the doors when parked in the Gun park. The crew should have stayed with the vehicle, however very bad drills to leave a weapon system in the open with the general public able to climb in. :eek:

Efour · 21 May 2014 at 08:21

The last version of the BMP-1 IFV (BMP-1P, Ob'yekt 765 Sp4), was armed with a more powerful ATGM launcher 9P135M-1 for the ATGM "Konkurs"/"Fagot"

BMP is Fagot.

Lucky no one was killed, not saying that old man wont die but Jesus...
look at that chunk out of the wall.... Shrapnel a go-go .

High explosive ammunition, introduced in 1974, can only be loaded manually, from a conveyor. Auto loaded probably just HEAT in it... lucky... :eek:

Cosimo · 21 May 2014 at 08:43

Idiots everywhere and at the present time the Ukraine as more than its fair share.

benjii · 21 May 2014 at 08:59

How irresponsible. No one will be taken to task over it as it's the least of their problems.

antijoke · 21 May 2014 at 09:08

Wow, that's cray.

Off topic, but why does the YouTube preview slider never seem to work properly? You hover over the timeline and it shows an image but it's never that image at that point in time. WHY?

Josh · 21 May 2014 at 09:11

Imagine the conversation with his CO.

"Sorry sir, we have lost a BMP" - "How did we lose it ermmm, it stalled so we hopped out and left it fully armed and operational, in a residential street."

Jesus

ubersonic · 21 May 2014 at 09:15

midville said:
The crew should have stayed with the vehicle, however very bad drills to leave a weapon system in the open with the general public able to climb in.

So they could have been captured along with it? :confused:

If my tank broke down in enemy territory I wouldn't want to wait for the RAC...