# HEY! Ex-Tank! The BBC is muscling in on you! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 27, 2006, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ex-tank-the-bbc-is-muscling-in-on-you/378094 "2006-10-27T11:27:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ex-tank-the-bbc-is-muscling-in-on-you/378094/1 "2006-10-27T11:27:11Z")
The BBC publishes an article on how to start & operate a T-34 Tank, vintage WW2, as part of the coverage of protestors stealing & driving one away. I vaguely recall you posting something similar, & now millions know how, thanks to the Beeb. > **[BBC NEWS | Magazine | How to drive a tank](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6087830.stm)** > > Protesters seized a World War II-era tank and drove it through Budapest this week. Is it just a matter of switch on and go? ONWARD! GLORIOUS ARMORED FORCES OF THE PEOPLES’ ANTI-FACIST ARMIES! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ex-tank-the-bbc-is-muscling-in-on-you/378094/2 "2006-10-27T11:34:52Z")
Onward the forces of the People’s Green Capitalist Republic of Kash! :: revs tank :: :: accidentally squishes parked SUV :: ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ex-tank-the-bbc-is-muscling-in-on-you/378094/3 "2006-10-27T12:01:41Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] :: revs tank :: :: accidentally squishes parked SUV :: [/QUOTE] “accidentally” \ 😃🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ex-tank-the-bbc-is-muscling-in-on-you/378094/4 "2006-10-27T12:41:59Z")
Silly protestors. If they wanted a tank so badly they can be had pretty cheaply. Hell, you can get a '74 Sabre for £14,000 in the UK, just like [this guy did](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=409518&in_page_id=1770) for his shopping errands. I’m tell you, light recon tanks are the Hummers of the next decade. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ex-tank-the-bbc-is-muscling-in-on-you/378094/5 "2006-10-27T12:48:06Z")
I’m going on a tank-driving day tomorrow where we get our grubby mitts on a Ferret armoured car, 432 armoured personnel carrier, a 17 ton Abbot Gun Tank and a Rapier Rocket Carrier, as well as a ride in a lance missile supply. Apparently there are guns and stuff as well to play with…yay! One of those dinky little tanks would be fun, I can just see myself tootling round the carpark at my local Asdastan! ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ex-tank-the-bbc-is-muscling-in-on-you/378094/6 "2006-10-27T13:17:54Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] > **[BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | How to drive a tank](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6087830.stm)** > > Protesters seized a World War II-era tank and drove it through Budapest this week. Is it just a matter of switch on and go? [/QUOTE] > [@From the article](#): > > "I don’t like driving along in the tank with my head sticking out but the good thing about the tank is that you can always find a parking space. I’ll bet. 😃 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-ex-tank-the-bbc-is-muscling-in-on-you/378094/7 "2006-10-27T14:20:55Z")
Bah, wrong quote. Sorry. > **[Outrage as Muslim cleric likens women to 'uncovered meat'](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-412697/Outrage-Muslim-cleric-likens-women-uncovered-meat.html)** > > A Muslim cleric's claim that women who do not wear the veil are like 'uncovered meat' who attract sexual predators sparked outrage around Australia. Sheik Taj Din al-Hilali, the nation's most senior Muslim cleric, also said women were 'weapons' used...