hungarian protesters steal tank and rush police

constitutionus

just seen this on the news and wondered what you guys think. i know i shouldnt but i burst out laughing when i heard this, just kept trying to imagine the look on a riot police guys face when after poping off a few rounds of tear gas a 1950s tank comes around the corner.

is it just me or do the hungarians do protests better than anyone else in europe? sure puts the "violent" ballinaboy protest in context

Manic Moran

LMAO...



Watercannon vs T-34/85. (an early 1940s, WWII era tank)

That's always been something about the Russian tanks, they would run for ever.

NTM

Tommy Vercetti approves

lostexpectation

what actually happend in then end?

Manic Moran

Apparently the protestors made the mistake of leaving the hatches open (In pic you can see driver's and TC's hatches are open), and the police managed to lob a CN cannister into the tank. End of joyride.

NTM

BlitzKrieg

plase god tell me there's videos of it on the net?

Manic Moran

Hungarian cops lobbing CN into the tank. Fatal errors by the tank crew: Not shutting the hatches, and leaving their infantry support behind. They really should have known better. Considering they knew enough about the tank to put the right kind of batteries into it, fill it with diesel, and prime it, and drive it.

http://mf.index.hu/belfold/okt23_tank.mov

Video clip. Seems to be in pretty good nick, though the driver needs a bit of practise.

NTM

Sgt. Sensible

Manic Moran wrote:

Apparently the protestors made the mistake of leaving the hatches open (In pic you can see driver's and TC's hatches are open), and the police managed to lob a CN cannister into the tank. End of joyride.

NTM

They were probably a bit worried about squashing people if they'd been buttoned up.

Coolest protest prop since the 25 x 10 foot teddy bear launching catapult at Quebec in 2001.

lostexpectation

Manic Moran wrote:

Hungarian cops lobbing CN into the tank. Fatal errors by the tank crew: Not shutting the hatches, and leaving their infantry support behind. They really should have known better. Considering they knew enough about the tank to put the right kind of batteries into it, fill it with diesel, and prime it, and drive it.

http://mf.index.hu/belfold/okt23_tank.mov

Video clip. Seems to be in pretty good nick, though the driver needs a bit of practise.

NTM

I would like to see it take on the water cannon

it must be one of those historic recreation vehicles, that still worked ,strange how much they tried to carry on as normal when they knew the **** was going to hit the fan, strange echo of the past... slightly reversed.

Sgt. Sensible

bbc wrote:

Many of the protesters were from hard-right groups and some carried the red-and-white striped flag of the Hungarian government that supported the Nazis during World War II.

Oh dear. It's a pity some of them weren't squashed so.


<Waits for an imbecile to arrive and claim that the nazis were socialists just like the present Hungarian government.>

Blue37

Sgt. Sensible wrote:

Oh dear. It's a pity some of them weren't squashed so.


<Waits for an imbecile to arrive and claim that the nazis were socialists just like the present Hungarian government.>

Anyone who equates nazism and socialism is indeed an imbecile (Americas full of them if the nets anythings to go by :eek: )

However, just as idiotic is someone who thinks crushing to death by tank is a fair punishment for someone who has different political views :rolleyes:

BlitzKrieg

hmm there could be some irony in right wing protestors using a soviet built tank...

monkey tennis

Blue37 wrote:

Anyone who equates nazism and socialism is indeed an imbecile

Yeah, what could 'national socialism' possibly have to do with socialism? :rolleyes:

constitutionus

lostexpectation wrote:

I would like to see it take on the water cannon

it must be one of those historic recreation vehicles, that still worked ,strange how much they tried to carry on as normal when they knew the **** was going to hit the fan, strange echo of the past... slightly reversed.

story i heard was they nicked it from the national museum. i hope theres no protests going by collins barracks schedulled in the future

Sgt. Sensible

Blue37 wrote:

However, just as idiotic is someone who thinks crushing to death by tank is a fair punishment for someone who has different political views :rolleyes:

Now that's what I call political correctness gone mad. If we were talking about almost anyone else but rioting supporters of a regime that sent half a million jews and other undesirables to death camps then I'd agree. But we're not so sod 'em. A few eejits squashed by their mates in the type of tank that helped wallop them first time around might earn them some darwin awards.

monkey tennis wrote:

Yeah, what could 'national socialism' possibly have to do with socialism? :rolleyes:

About as much as the german democratic republic had to do with democracy.

Random

Bloody brilliant that is

Blue37

Sgt. Sensible wrote:

Now that's what I call political correctness gone mad. If we were talking about almost anyone else but rioting supporters of a regime that sent half a million jews and other undesirables to death camps then I'd agree. But we're not so sod 'em. A few eejits squashed by their mates in the type of tank that helped wallop them first time around might earn them some darwin awards.

Nowt to do with political correctness mate, it just if your going to be all liberal about things then surely you must acknowledge a nazis (however misguided) right to be a nazi Personally I think the massive growth of the far right in Eastern Europe is a lot more to do with the shambolic nature of the transfer to the free market as opposed to any inherent evil on the part of Hungarian right wingers. That's a whole other argument though

Monkey tennis, I suggest you read a history book, an economics book and maybe a book on philosphy then get back to me.

Actually, by the looks of things you might want to start with a colouring book :rolleyes:

oscarBravo

Blue37 wrote:

Actually, by the looks of things you might want to start with a colouring book :rolleyes:

Read the charter before posting any more on this forum. One more remark like that will get you banned.

Sgt. Sensible

Blue37 wrote:

Nowt to do with political correctness mate, it just if your going to be all liberal about things then surely you must acknowledge a nazis (however misguided) right to be a nazi

I'm not a liberal. I have no time for nazis, or anyone who defends them, or anyone who doesn't think it would be amusing to see a few of them squashed by a T34.

Personally I think the massive growth of the far right in Eastern Europe is a lot more to do with the shambolic nature of the transfer to the free market as opposed to any inherent evil on the part of Hungarian right wingers. That's a whole other argument though

It's a factor certainly but has nothing to do with the cool tank.

Blue37 wrote:

Monkey tennis, I suggest you read a history book, an economics book and maybe a book on philosphy then get back to me.

Actually, by the looks of things you might want to start with a colouring book :rolleyes:

Even if the silly abuse is ignored, I'm a bit puzzled by this actually.

http://www.holocaust-history.org/hungarian-photos/

Who cares about what people who support the regime which carried out the activities pictured above have to say about anything. I don't. I hope the cops give the scum some bloody good hidings.