Tank Accidents! - Part 2

"QUANTUM SHOT" #360
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Not every tank likes a challenge

In a curious reversal of roles, the powerful and frightening tanks depicted here are not so threatening any more. In fact, they are downright in distress - either flipped by a sleight of fate, or mired in spectacular amount of dirt. Overwhelmed... and definitely not invincible.



Stuck in some legendary Russian mud:


















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UN armored vehicles get in trouble, mostly due to the totally messed-up roads:




(image credit: Chris Smith)

Action! Adventure!


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155mm of pure destruction -


(image credit: cszar)

Squashing smaller vehicles. Survival of the biggest






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(image credit: Sabine & Gerd Plewka)


(image credit: Nick Lawes)

Picture-perfect Tank Wrecks





Interesting modifications:

Lamborghini Tank:





This Soviet armored vehicle has an extra set of tracks, which are only deployed when the going gets tough. Otherwise, the tracks are lifted to assure high speed of the vehicle.






(image credit: Russian Arms)

In some places even graffiti confirms the tank's hard life:


(image credit: atryu)

The source of all driving trouble?
Somehow we knew it all along -



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