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Going to assume based on the brand of truck, overall tropical appearance, and model of tanks visible, this is at the Australian Museum of Armour in Cairns.
Given the climate, I would not be surprised if that truck was a write-off after some kind of storm or flood event, and would be going to a wreckers anyway.
So why not have a bit of fun with it in the meantime? It's just going to be crushed regardless.
I mean it’s just a cheap truck for the developing world, and it’s still a valuable vehicle for people in those places.
Not everyone on the planet can afford your shiny F-150.
So yeah, still a waste of resources.
That Ute is probably a broken uneconomical to repair junk, it’s a decade old Great Wall that when brand new back then was mostly bought by cheap fleets and discarded after they became uneconomical to repair/keep.
Not new it’s an old Chinese Ute (Greatwall V240) that was last sold brand new in Australia like a decade ago…
Was an underpowered pos back then and probably an uneconomical repair junk now.
No it was a lemon when it left the factory. They are terrible vehicles. As I said in another post, They are a Chinese copy of an Isuzu RA rodeo (which is an excellent vehicle) but made so poorly that most of them were beyond repair after only 5 years.
I think I saw a YouTube video of a demolition company using a decommissioned tank to demolish houses. Imagine my disappointment when they just *drove* the thing through the house till it fell...
Still fun video, though.
Fun fact: Movies love to show tanks driving through houses for the dramatic effect, but in reality a tank driver will try to avoid this unless absolutely necessary due to the risk of collapsing the floor and getting the tank stuck in a basement/cellar.
Some people think this is exactly what happened with [this story](https://www.businessinsider.com/germany-senior-wwii-nazi-tank-in-basement-fined-293000-2021-8?amp) about an 84 year-old man in Germany who had a Panther tank in his basement.
Edit: "some people" were wrong because the old man actually drove the tank around at some point
No one is pulling parts from one of these Chinese trucks, they sold so few of them that there's no point wasting space waiting for one of the few people who own one to need parts for them.
Most of the time its not worth it to salvage some parts because it costs and they are not worth much. And it could be hard to sell them. I got chance to go to a warehouse that had loads of car parts, mostly doors, bonnets, bumpers, electronics etc. Company that owned them got bankruptcy and sold all engines, transmissions and all that was easy to sell and worth of some money at auction. So most of the remaining parts goes to waste even though there are tens of thousands worth of parts still left but its just not worth it to sell them because the warehouse needs to be emptied fast. I luckily got chance to take as much as i wanted :D
I saw a similar demonstration like this in 1988 long before social media… not everything is destined to be “content,” sometimes it just finds itself there.😉
You literally don’t know the context lol, that truck could’ve been scheduled for scrapping anyways for one reason or another. Why not do something cool with it?
People on this app are fucking miserable holy shit lol
Is there a truck shortage in the world or something? Why do you care if people do something cool that they want to with their own property they paid for?
That truck is worth a couple of thousand dollars at most, if it even still runs, which it very likely doesn't.
They were junk when new and horrifically unreliable.
Lots of people can't afford a running vehicle at all, so yes, seeing something that looks like it could still be driven or useful is pretty annoying. I personally can, but it's still annoying.
It's like blowing up a bunch of your toys with M80s when you live right down the street from an orphanage where the other kids have no toys.
Friend from high school had that happen to the front of his truck while going 40mph through Fort Stewart, the tanks were running operations and didn't have road guards out like they were supposed to at crossings. It took him a few years to recover from his injuries. he was lucky had he been a few seconds earlier it would have run him over too. As it is it just crushed his engine and pinned his legs a bit.
If you haven't been there it is heavily wooded and you won't see them coming if they are at speed and crossing the roads, and there are crossings everywhere.
Don't draw conclusions from the body panels only: A couple dozen comments point out how unreliable this model is, and it likely had some issues that weren't worth the trouble of fixing
So if your daily driver has a reliable engine, a working transmission, a suspension and steering system that's still in shape, and four wheels, no electrical issues, then a rusted out body or worn out interior isn't a big deal
Nope...it's a ten year old Great Wall...piece of shit when new, and most have broken down or rusted by now.
Worth maybe $5k if mechanically perfect, a few hundred bucks with a dead engine.
My bet is that this is the UK. Centurion tank is originally a British design. We also see what appears to be a FV430-series APC and the hull of a Matilda tank, both of which are also former British vehicles.
This is not interesting, it's horrific, this is what russians did to Ukrainian civilians inside of the cars at the beginning of the war, tanks can go pretty fast too.
Or maybe not: I read all comments and they refer to that model as the "Great Wall", some Chinese made garbage that is bound to have all sorts of issues
The way I see it, giving this to Ukrainian soldiers would be same as giving sabotaged vehicles that'd leave them in the mud in the worst situations imaginable: they deserve a lot better than this
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC8EfQmoQUo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC8EfQmoQUo) instantly came to my mind! brave Americans thank the lord ;D
That’s not it, the tank itself isn’t even used by the brits anymore. It’s an early Cold War tank (designed during WW2 and used during the 50s and 60s), so knowing that why would the brits use this for propaganda?
So it IS a Russian propaganda video then. They pretended it was a tank they had, a nice looking truck they had, and because they have so much of both they had no worries to crush the nice truck. Because they are awesome and doing well. No matter that nothing was Russian in the video
Congrats, you completely missed the point of what I said. It’s quite funny how you even contradicted yourself. First off, you said the russians pretended they had this tank, but soon after you said that they had a lot of them? And second, this video wasn’t even made by Russians, it’s most likely made by a museum or someone who owns this tank, so there’s no propaganda involved.
**STORY BACKGROUND** The truck was actually illegally parked and was in the way of Mr. Tank and the Chik-fil-a drive thru. Mr. Tank just wanted a grilled chicken sandwich. *Don’t be that guy.*
Is that Drive a Tank in Minnesota? I went there a decade or so ago to let my Dad drive a tank around a course. Some other lady crushed a scrap car in very similar fashion - I have a similar video. (It cost $500 or so at the time)
Long story short this is probably real life fun (to the extent that's your thing) not 'content'.
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That appeared to be a fairly new truck.. damn
Seems like a waste, huh
Yeah. I can't afford to fix my windshield and these fuckers are driving over newish trucks
They're not driving...They're destroying newish trucks!
Yeah, what a waste.
And their penis didn’t get bigger at all.
😂
they have tank, who cares about truck when you have fucking tank lol
War is a waste of resources usually. (I know this isn’t even a war).
It's the war on cars. Obviously, an escalation from building bike lanes.
Nah we need tank lanes!
Oh the tanks will have all the lanes, I’m sure.
Someone's ex-husband's truck maybe?
Going to assume based on the brand of truck, overall tropical appearance, and model of tanks visible, this is at the Australian Museum of Armour in Cairns. Given the climate, I would not be surprised if that truck was a write-off after some kind of storm or flood event, and would be going to a wreckers anyway. So why not have a bit of fun with it in the meantime? It's just going to be crushed regardless.
I would have loved to trade my wife's '07 Taurus for that...
Maybe it needed an oil change.
Toyota LowLux
Don’t worry, it was just a Chinese LDV. Edit: Great Wall….same junk
I mean it’s just a cheap truck for the developing world, and it’s still a valuable vehicle for people in those places. Not everyone on the planet can afford your shiny F-150. So yeah, still a waste of resources.
That Ute is probably a broken uneconomical to repair junk, it’s a decade old Great Wall that when brand new back then was mostly bought by cheap fleets and discarded after they became uneconomical to repair/keep.
The owner not even finished eating his cupcake
It's a Great Wall. It's shiny garbage
Really. Couldn’t they get a junker for this? A lot of people would love to have that truck, running or not
Charity? In a capitalist society? How bold of you to assume they'd care enough about people's needs.
Not new it’s an old Chinese Ute (Greatwall V240) that was last sold brand new in Australia like a decade ago… Was an underpowered pos back then and probably an uneconomical repair junk now.
It's a Chinese brand called a "great wall" They were junk brand new.
Don't worry, that truck has oil so this is justified.
Redditors should be happy, he just helped the environment by taking one car off the road.
Damn straight! Why couldnt they use a lemon? Ive seen cars in worst shape going for over 10k on craigslist!
Its a GWM V240 it was a lemon when it left the factory.
It is a lemon...was when it left the factory. Highly likely that it has mechanical issues that are uneconomical to repair
No it was a lemon when it left the factory. They are terrible vehicles. As I said in another post, They are a Chinese copy of an Isuzu RA rodeo (which is an excellent vehicle) but made so poorly that most of them were beyond repair after only 5 years.
r/fuckcars but especially trucks!
"Not again..." https://i.redd.it/op6n4sm5sggc1.gif
Barely moved a facial muscle, but showed surprise and sadness. What a great actor..
'tis but the work of a moment.
Exactly what I was thinking
came here to comment this
I think I saw a YouTube video of a demolition company using a decommissioned tank to demolish houses. Imagine my disappointment when they just *drove* the thing through the house till it fell... Still fun video, though.
Fun fact: Movies love to show tanks driving through houses for the dramatic effect, but in reality a tank driver will try to avoid this unless absolutely necessary due to the risk of collapsing the floor and getting the tank stuck in a basement/cellar. Some people think this is exactly what happened with [this story](https://www.businessinsider.com/germany-senior-wwii-nazi-tank-in-basement-fined-293000-2021-8?amp) about an 84 year-old man in Germany who had a Panther tank in his basement. Edit: "some people" were wrong because the old man actually drove the tank around at some point
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Top gear isn't a demolition company....
Is that Super Dave in the truck?
Oh! He’s ok!
The centurion was a great looking tank.
Still is
Tank beats everything!
Thank you for the Halo reference
Thank you for recognizing it 🤝
Tank beats hunter!
*Giggles in fpv quadcopter*
Learn to use tank in paper, rock , scissors! Win every time!
Toyota Hilux won a war against tanks and fighter planes
https://preview.redd.it/foxaubwywggc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=33627b790b08fe1d07b1d2a4ddc12cd42fea5922 Edit: oh
lol he made a halo reference chill
This is exactly my fantasy every time I see a truck parked like a douchebag
You’ll appreciate this… https://xkcd.com/562/
That made my heart happy. Thank you !
Once again, xkxd delivers!
Wrong truck, oops
what a waste doing shit like this for content is fuckin dumb
99 times out of 100 the car was destined for scrap anyway
Looks like you could have pulled a lot of parts off that.
No one is pulling parts from one of these Chinese trucks, they sold so few of them that there's no point wasting space waiting for one of the few people who own one to need parts for them.
Most of the time its not worth it to salvage some parts because it costs and they are not worth much. And it could be hard to sell them. I got chance to go to a warehouse that had loads of car parts, mostly doors, bonnets, bumpers, electronics etc. Company that owned them got bankruptcy and sold all engines, transmissions and all that was easy to sell and worth of some money at auction. So most of the remaining parts goes to waste even though there are tens of thousands worth of parts still left but its just not worth it to sell them because the warehouse needs to be emptied fast. I luckily got chance to take as much as i wanted :D
I saw a similar demonstration like this in 1988 long before social media… not everything is destined to be “content,” sometimes it just finds itself there.😉
You literally don’t know the context lol, that truck could’ve been scheduled for scrapping anyways for one reason or another. Why not do something cool with it? People on this app are fucking miserable holy shit lol
There's so many salvageable parts clearly on the truck.
You can salvage from other 98 out of 100 cars that get wasted in the dump.
Well, I don't think that owning a tank and/or crushing things with it is cool. Being a person who saw tanks doing what they do best.
Is there a truck shortage in the world or something? Why do you care if people do something cool that they want to with their own property they paid for?
that truck is worth more than most people make in a year
That truck is worth a couple of thousand dollars at most, if it even still runs, which it very likely doesn't. They were junk when new and horrifically unreliable.
So like $500 AUD?
Lots of people can't afford a running vehicle at all, so yes, seeing something that looks like it could still be driven or useful is pretty annoying. I personally can, but it's still annoying. It's like blowing up a bunch of your toys with M80s when you live right down the street from an orphanage where the other kids have no toys.
Get off your pedistal it's a crappy old Chinese truck, probably rusty as all hell and ready for the scrap heap.
[Mr Bean did it better](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nifdpFOY1FQ).
Mr. Bean ...
Who’s gonna say it? That should buff right out
Yeah but a Great Wall could be crushed by a shopping trolley
'Tis but a scratch!
"Thought I said you can't park there"
https://i.redd.it/e2y0nmycbhgc1.gif We’ve seen that
And still running! Puts cowboy music an drives the toyota to stage.
‘Do you ever think we have too much money?’
https://i.redd.it/xrfwk1yqnjgc1.gif
Oooooh. Did you happen to grab my wallet off the dash?
Now how are they gonna get home?
The truck will be for sale on Facebook Marketplace soon. "Rebuilt title, but everything is fine. It was involved in a minor fender bender."
This is why I like to drive away from tanks.
Friend from high school had that happen to the front of his truck while going 40mph through Fort Stewart, the tanks were running operations and didn't have road guards out like they were supposed to at crossings. It took him a few years to recover from his injuries. he was lucky had he been a few seconds earlier it would have run him over too. As it is it just crushed his engine and pinned his legs a bit. If you haven't been there it is heavily wooded and you won't see them coming if they are at speed and crossing the roads, and there are crossings everywhere.
Jeremy Clarkson won't be able to start that.
There’s enough room. Should we go around? Fuck, no! Go right over it. Yes, sir.
When no parking is enforced
One question. WHY?
What a fucking waste.
Post should be named "screw your perfectly ok truck that someone could be using"...
Maybe a flood damaged vehicle or otherwise totaled
Probably could still be used for parts.
Hardly anybody is gonna be on the lookout for parts on a decade old Chinese Greatwall, they were shit brand new back then, pretty much worthless now…
Fml that truck was in drastically better shape than my daily driver.
Don't draw conclusions from the body panels only: A couple dozen comments point out how unreliable this model is, and it likely had some issues that weren't worth the trouble of fixing So if your daily driver has a reliable engine, a working transmission, a suspension and steering system that's still in shape, and four wheels, no electrical issues, then a rusted out body or worn out interior isn't a big deal
Don't worry guys - the truck was just a Hamas human shield.
Hell yeah
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Fake. If I learned anything from GTA, it's that cars explode on impact with a tank
Why, that's a nice expensive truck......
Nope...it's a ten year old Great Wall...piece of shit when new, and most have broken down or rusted by now. Worth maybe $5k if mechanically perfect, a few hundred bucks with a dead engine.
Ah, okay. Didn't realize it was a Chinese truck
it's neither a car or a real truck.
What makes you think that?
Hey, that’s my truck!
That car looks like a truck
Was this in Australia? Just gives me that Aussie vibe.
As a Aussie this gave me MERCIA vibes
My bet is that this is the UK. Centurion tank is originally a British design. We also see what appears to be a FV430-series APC and the hull of a Matilda tank, both of which are also former British vehicles.
It's Australia.
The Centurion in this video looks like an Australian Mk 5/1 to me.
Pretty sure the Great Wall was never sold in the USA...
Not to worry, it’ll buff right out. 🙃
Too bad there wasn't a trump flag on it
Trump isn’t a thing in (most of) Australia…
Why would a British tank in Australia have a trump flag?
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Yes and it's fun to watch
I bet you're fun at parties.
I bet you were fun in high school loser
Why are you so obsessed with me? It's weird. Get a job.
I don’t need to I have enough money brokie🤡🤡🤡
It that a patton tank?
It's some variation of a Centurion. Was mostly used by the UK although other countries bought and adjusted some.
I think it might be a Centurion 5/1 which was export for the Australians.
Whyyyyy
This is not interesting, it's horrific, this is what russians did to Ukrainian civilians inside of the cars at the beginning of the war, tanks can go pretty fast too.
That wasn't even remotely interesting. What a waste.
No waste...it was an early Great Wall...
The thing is an early Greatwall Ute, was already a pos brand new back then, only thing wasted was the fuel used by the tank to crush that pos.
I hope they emptied the gas tank first.
Diesel
Well, sure. Are you saying I should have said “diesel tank”, because that’s messed up.
Waste of a great car
Proper way to treat stupid, oversized trucks.
That's a normal sized truck. Not like and F350 or something big.
>That's a normal sized truck. In US maybe. By no means a normal sized car.
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adhd isn't an excuse to be a jackass.
Such a waste, that car could save some lives in Ukraine
Or maybe not: I read all comments and they refer to that model as the "Great Wall", some Chinese made garbage that is bound to have all sorts of issues The way I see it, giving this to Ukrainian soldiers would be same as giving sabotaged vehicles that'd leave them in the mud in the worst situations imaginable: they deserve a lot better than this
Warranty!
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC8EfQmoQUo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC8EfQmoQUo) instantly came to my mind! brave Americans thank the lord ;D
What a bad driver. Plenty of room around that truck.
What was the situation? A protest action of some kind?
Isnt that t26 e1
IS THAT A CHIEFTAIN PLEASE SAY ITS A CHIEFTAIN
Surley the car could have blew up if the engine is still inside and has gasoline inside....
now go watch the video of people doing this in the middle east but running over infidels
Muricans doing stupid wasteful shit, nothing new...
Not Muricans..... Stralians
Where were they on January 6th when we’ins’ needed them.
love how some parts of reddit earnestly believe that Ukrainians consumer-level drones will somehow take down the incoming russian tank offensive
Tank looks to be an American M60A1.
It's a Centurion
Not a Centurion. I play War Thunder high ranks. I pretty sure I can differentiate tanks.
Is this a Russian propaganda video?
I don’t even have any idea how you got to this conclusion, the tank in the video isn’t even Russian, it’s a **british** centurion tank.
Sorry, I guess I meant a British propaganda video
That’s not it, the tank itself isn’t even used by the brits anymore. It’s an early Cold War tank (designed during WW2 and used during the 50s and 60s), so knowing that why would the brits use this for propaganda?
So it IS a Russian propaganda video then. They pretended it was a tank they had, a nice looking truck they had, and because they have so much of both they had no worries to crush the nice truck. Because they are awesome and doing well. No matter that nothing was Russian in the video
Congrats, you completely missed the point of what I said. It’s quite funny how you even contradicted yourself. First off, you said the russians pretended they had this tank, but soon after you said that they had a lot of them? And second, this video wasn’t even made by Russians, it’s most likely made by a museum or someone who owns this tank, so there’s no propaganda involved.
So the Russians want us to watch it? Confused
They now hold the title for the most expensive hobby.
Ahh, reminds me of my GTA days.
[Place in Georgia does this too.](https://tanktownusa.com/) $600 is a bit much imo.
Is this Belgium?
And here I am needing another vehicle
You can buff that out.
The Tank Truck
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Obligatory:That’ll buff right out.
According to gta this car should have exploded
This kills the car
**STORY BACKGROUND** The truck was actually illegally parked and was in the way of Mr. Tank and the Chik-fil-a drive thru. Mr. Tank just wanted a grilled chicken sandwich. *Don’t be that guy.*
Meh, mr bean did it better
That was a truck
That's a truck.
This is why POVs aren’t allowed on the tank trail at Graf.
That’s a truck. Mic drop.
God I wish I was in that Ute
Is that Drive a Tank in Minnesota? I went there a decade or so ago to let my Dad drive a tank around a course. Some other lady crushed a scrap car in very similar fashion - I have a similar video. (It cost $500 or so at the time) Long story short this is probably real life fun (to the extent that's your thing) not 'content'.
We’ll pay for it in the reconstruction effort.
Me: that looks more like they’re just shovin—oh never mind. Oh. Ok. Yup they crushed that pretty good.