I came across this photograph on MeWe (sorry, I can't link to the source post, as MeWe has no facilities to do that). It made me laugh. Click the image for a larger view.
Not a bad bit of parking, if you ignore the hole in the wall. The barrel didn't mess up the running tracks for the overhead door at all!
What I'm curious about is where the photograph was taken, and of what armed force's artillery. The camouflage on the vehicle looks to be German or further east in Europe, but I'm no expert on camo patterns, so I can't be sure. There are only 5 road wheels, and the tall, angled turret enclosing the cannon doesn't fit any US artillery I can think of.
Can any reader identify the service (and, if possible, the SPG) and post more information in Comments? Thanks.
Peter
Hull looks AMX-13 -like, but turret could be even from a AAA variant.
ReplyDeleteMy bad. It is an AMX-30 AuF1
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Yeah, it looks French.
ReplyDeletehttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMX-30_AuF1
I'm no military expert by any means, but why is the barrel poking through that small hole? Shouldn't it be a slot or are those tank barrels easily deflected?
ReplyDeleteI think that qualifies as an accident… 🤷♂️
ReplyDeleteBrings back memories of an early morning alert rush to the Czech border from Augsburg back in early 1962. Roads were wet and maybe a little icy. One of our M-48 drivers poked his barrel into a farmer's window on the tight 90-degree turn going into a small village.
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing someone is used to parking a car,waiting for the tires to hit the curbstop..
ReplyDeleteMissed the electrical stuff,didn't wreck the door, all things considered, funnier than destructive.. So,, cool.
Now, what happens to the driver? Forced to adopt Real pronouns and go back to the natural hair color..
Not NATO standard camouflage
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