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Tuckerfan
06-16-2007, 09:53 AM
Drifting with cars is for wimps! Real men use tanks! (http://www.strategypage.com/military_photos/200753012127.aspx) :eek: (youtube link)
Rick
06-16-2007, 10:29 AM
Write this down.
All Swedes are crazy.

It makes understanding them much easier.

Great link BTW, I sent it to all my buddies back at Volvo.
Tuckerfan
06-16-2007, 10:33 AM
I guess it won't surprise you then, when I tell you it was a Swede who sent me the link to begin with. (It also explains why on early model Saabs they put the radiator on the firewall.)
Dunderman
06-16-2007, 10:33 AM
You can't take a bunch of young guys, put them in a tank, have it snow around them, and expect them not to do anything about it.

I also feel obligated to point out that that is, in fact, not a Youtube link.
silenus
06-16-2007, 10:40 AM
Of course with a tank you avoid all those embarassing questions to your CO when you drift a bit too far and take out a stand of trees.

"No. sir. Not us. Don't know how that happened. Not a scratch on our vehicle, so it couldn't have been us. Maybe it was a Finn."
Tuckerfan
06-16-2007, 10:57 AM
Of course with a tank you avoid all those embarassing questions to your CO when you drift a bit too far and take out a stand of trees.

"No. sir. Not us. Don't know how that happened. Not a scratch on our vehicle, so it couldn't have been us. Maybe it was a Finn."
From what I understand of the Swedes, they're more likely to blame it on the Norwegeans than they are the Finns for some reason. (Norwegean chrome is slang for rust in Sweden, it seems.)
silenus
06-16-2007, 12:21 PM
I wanted to say that, but it was early, I'm on vacation, and I couldn't be arsed to look up how to spell "Norwegean." :D
Dunderman
06-16-2007, 06:53 PM
Norwegean chrome is slang for rust in Sweden, it seems.Never heard it.I wanted to say that, but it was early, I'm on vacation, and I couldn't be arsed to look up how to spell "Norwegean."Nor could Tuckerfan. It's "Norwegian".
Tuckerfan
06-17-2007, 01:55 AM
Never heard it.Might a regional thing, or maybe my buddy, the Swede, is having a bit of fun putting the Yank on.
Argent Towers
06-17-2007, 02:04 AM
I also feel obligated to point out that that is, in fact, not a Youtube link.

It's not but the video is hosted by Youtube, at any rate.
Quartz
06-17-2007, 07:41 AM
Drift?! It's a fine example of how to keep your barrel pointing at the target. :D
bump
06-17-2007, 09:50 AM
What is that, a Leopard 2A4?
Quartz
06-17-2007, 07:17 PM
Almost. They displayed the type on the title: it's a Stridsvagn 122 (http://www.haaland.info/sweden/tank/index.html).