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Title: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: Manedwolf on February 12, 2009, 11:15:57 AM: I see no berm in the picture. Could there be one out of view, or is this sort of thing possible on flat ground with sand that's too soft? Just curious.

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Title: Re: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: 41magsnub on February 12, 2009, 11:34:07 AM: There must be something just out of view that it flipped over. It is also possible something flipped it, such as Godzilla or Mothra...

In the 90's for some reason the Army thought it would be a good idea to see how easy it would be for a bulldozer driven by a combat engineer to flip a tank out at NTC. Unlikely, but it is possible this is the aftermath clean up. Stupid idea anyway.. what are the chances of an unarmored bulldozer getting close enough to a tank without being shot to do something like this?
Title: Re: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: Azrael256 on February 12, 2009, 11:38:32 AM: "Hey y'all, watch this!"'

Or possibly, "Here, hold my beer. I'm gonna try somethin'."
Title: Re: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: charby on February 12, 2009, 11:39:39 AM: Quote from: Azrael256 on February 12, 2009, 11:38:32 AM
Or possibly, "Here, hold my beer. I'm gonna try somethin'."

That is what I was thinking
Title: Re: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: makattak on February 12, 2009, 11:40:24 AM: Quote from: 41magsnub on February 12, 2009, 11:34:07 AM
There must be something just out of view that it flipped over. It is also possible something flipped it, such as Godzilla or Mothra...

I was leaning towards Incredible Hulk, myself.
Title: Re: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: El Tejon on February 12, 2009, 11:42:52 AM: Young me + sleep deprivation = anything is possible.

=D
Title: Re: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: mtnbkr on February 12, 2009, 12:03:42 PM: Quote from: El Tejon on February 12, 2009, 11:42:52 AM
Young me + sleep deprivation = anything is possible.

I guess it's a good thing we no longer have a young El Tejon. :D

Chris
Title: Re: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: El Tejon on February 12, 2009, 12:04:58 PM: I drove a desk, not an AFV. =D
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Title: Re: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on February 12, 2009, 12:44:58 PM: Quote from: Azrael256 on February 12, 2009, 11:38:32 AM
"Hey y'all, watch this!"'

Or possibly, "Here, hold my beer. I'm gonna try somethin'."

considering the stories of some of the army guys i know. yep.

jo had a doozy about getting humvees stuck on top of sand dunes.
it involved four young guys, plenty of testosterone and a vehical.

i have a feeling this has the same ingrediants.
Title: Re: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: crt360 on February 12, 2009, 12:46:36 PM: Maybe they ran over Chuck Norris's sand castle.
Title: Re: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: Jim147 on February 12, 2009, 12:50:23 PM: Quote from: Azrael256 on February 12, 2009, 11:38:32 AM
"Hey y'all, watch this!"'

Or possibly, "Here, hold my beer. I'm gonna try somethin'."
Or the newest one, "I saw someone do this on Youtube."
Title: Re: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: Manedwolf on February 12, 2009, 12:59:40 PM: The other "woops!" photos I've seen from there are more easily explained. Mud has been thwarting military vehicles since Ramses' chariots got stuck. It was just the "how did they...?" of that upside down one that makes me wonder.

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Title: Re: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: Harold Tuttle on February 12, 2009, 01:01:31 PM: (https://armedpolitesociety.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi271.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fjj155%2FReaganstorme%2FMotivatorFlyingTank.jpg&hash=c3817a9d2a5a5895ef8ba4d9c695222a2ed50ff2)
Title: Re: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: Scout26 on February 12, 2009, 01:38:08 PM: Possibly fell off a flatbed/tank transporter.
Title: Re: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: coppertales on February 12, 2009, 02:35:07 PM: Godzilla probably had Mothra hold his beer.............................if it involves a GI, anything can happen.....chris3
Title: Re: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: Scout26 on February 12, 2009, 02:39:21 PM: That's got to be an old (GWI-1991) picture. Not sure if there are even any M60's left in the inventory even in Reserve and Guard units.
Title: Re: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: Jamisjockey on February 12, 2009, 02:40:25 PM: I've been in a flying deuce-and-a-half......been in an upside humvee....and used a humvee + 100' of chain to get a Deuce-and-a-half out of a sand trap at Laguna AAF.
Title: Re: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: 41magsnub on February 12, 2009, 03:19:12 PM: Quote from: scout26 on February 12, 2009, 02:39:21 PM
That's got to be an old (GWI-1991) picture. Not sure if there are even any M60's left in the inventory even in Reserve and Guard units.
Could have been an engineer unit, M728 CEV. Those were in inventory until the late 90's at least. All we see is the back.

Edit: I'm probably wrong though since as I think about it the boom on the back of the turret would be visible.
Title: Re: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: 280plus on February 12, 2009, 04:05:33 PM: Looks like Godzilla's work to me... =D
Title: Re: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: AJ Dual on February 12, 2009, 04:08:46 PM: MRE heater-bomb under one of the tracks, obviously.

Either that, or someone actually ate the MRE, and was sitting on that side about an hour later... =D
Title: Re: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: just Warren on February 12, 2009, 04:39:27 PM: Major Brodie is in trouble again.
Title: Re: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: seeker_two on February 12, 2009, 05:06:26 PM: !!! PVT. PYLE, FRONT AND CENTER !!!!
Title: Re: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: Tim L on February 12, 2009, 08:09:52 PM: Looks like Bam-Bam threw a temper tantrum! =D

Tim
Title: Re: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: Perd Hapley on February 12, 2009, 09:33:31 PM: Quote from: scout26 on February 12, 2009, 01:38:08 PM
Possibly fell off a flatbed/tank transporter.

Seems most likely to me.
Title: Re: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: MechAg94 on February 12, 2009, 11:10:26 PM: I was thinking a sand dune that moved in a wind storm.
Title: Re: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: Bogie on February 12, 2009, 11:10:54 PM: It is possible to flip a tank, but it generally involves a ditch, and you don't really want to be inside the thing, since they aren't all that comfy to start with...
Title: Re: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: Scout26 on February 12, 2009, 11:14:33 PM: Quote from: 41magsnub on February 12, 2009, 03:19:12 PM
Could have been an engineer unit, M728 CEV. Those were in inventory until the late 90's at least. All we see is the back.

Edit: I'm probably wrong though since as I think about it the boom on the back of the turret would be visible.

Not a CEV. It's got a long, narrow (105mm) gun tube, not the short, stubby 152mm of a CEV.
Title: Re: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: MicroBalrog on February 12, 2009, 11:15:19 PM: Quote from: Bogie on February 12, 2009, 11:10:54 PM
It is possible to flip a tank, but it generally involves a ditch, and you don't really want to be inside the thing, since they aren't all that comfy to start with...

The man speaks truth. The IDF lost a tank commander dead and three crewmen injured on Mt. Hermon like that once.
Title: Re: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: 41magsnub on February 13, 2009, 12:09:50 AM: Quote from: scout26 on February 12, 2009, 11:14:33 PM
Not a CEV. It's got a long, narrow (105mm) gun tube, not the short, stubby 152mm of a CEV.

Where do you see a barrel at all unless that is it in the bottom right of the picture? I still agree it is not a CEV based on the lack of a boom poking out anywhere or a plow.

Since we are flexing Internet military muscles.. the CEV actually has a British electrically fired 165mm demolition gun, not a 152! You are thinking of an M60A2 =D

I ran one of those through a firing range a few times. Mostly it was with non explosive training rounds for target practice, but once we fired the real ones which amount to a watermelon made of plastic explosives. At over 300 meters we still caught fragments of our own round.

The time we fired live rounds was at the very last NTC rotation where a M728 was used. When we were done they had us drain all of the fluids, strip the electronics, pull pack, and the chassis were dragged off to be targets.
Title: Re: So, how could this have happened with this tank?
Post by: Matthew Carberry on February 13, 2009, 06:45:22 PM: Quote from: Manedwolf on February 12, 2009, 12:59:40 PM
The other "woops!" photos I've seen from there are more easily explained. Mud has been thwarting military vehicles since Ramses' chariots got stuck. It was just the "how did they...?" of that upside down one that makes me wonder.

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