Thursday, August 6, 2015

Doofus Of The Day #849


Today's prize goes to the Kuwaiti crew of a T-72 tank at the Russian "International Tank Biathlon Championship", which began a few days ago.

In the video clip below, the first two tanks come around a sharp corner, sliding on the dirt, before lining up to negotiate a water obstacle.  The third tank, driven by the Kuwaiti crew, makes its appearance at about the 1m. 55sec. mark, and slides a little too enthusiastically.  Watch in full-screen mode to catch all the action.





If you ever wanted to know the Russian for "That's going on YouTube!", now you do.




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11 comments:

  1. AaronAugust 6, 2015 at 3:27 PM

    There's a lesson here: I think it's that with dirt and enough power, you can drift a tank.

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  2. ShermAugust 6, 2015 at 3:43 PM

    See what happens when you don't lean into the turn.

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  3. Murphy's LawAugust 6, 2015 at 7:48 PM

    OK, I want one of those now.

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  4. richard mcenroeAugust 6, 2015 at 7:52 PM

    They rolled a tank. On level ground. I begin to understand Israel's survival...

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  5. SnoggeramusAugust 6, 2015 at 10:23 PM

    My goodness ... these comments alone are priceless! Drift a tank, Israel's survival ... etc :-)

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  6. AnonymousAugust 7, 2015 at 7:16 AM

    You haven't lived until you have driven an M-1 on ice.

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  7. mostly cajunAugust 7, 2015 at 7:29 AM

    "Drifting" an M60A1 was a game we played back when I was an instructor at Fort Knox.
    http://mostlycajun.com/wordpress/?p=12021

    Heady stuff, especially when somebody else is footing the bill.

    MC

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  8. AnonymousAugust 7, 2015 at 8:37 AM

    Hold my tea and watch this!

    Gerry

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  9. fast richardAugust 7, 2015 at 4:59 PM

    "Bot eto youtube"

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  10. richard mcenroeAugust 7, 2015 at 7:05 PM

    Flew an M-113 once. Okay, it doesn't fly worth a damn but it LANDS like a sonuvabitch...

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  11. perlhaqrAugust 10, 2015 at 5:22 PM

    Man. Someone is going on latrine duty for a *long* time, I think.

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